English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hanstead's Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Stephens

Historical Forms

  • Heanhamstede 793 BCS267 13th
  • Henāme- steda 1086 DB
  • Henhamstude 13th Gesta
  • Hanhamsted 1294 SR 1342 Ass
  • Hannampstud 1307 SR
  • Hanamstedes 1505 AddCh

Etymology

Hanstead's Ho is Heanhamstede 793 (13th) BCS 267, Henāme - steda 1086 DB, Henhamstude 13th Gesta, Hanhamsted 1294SR (p), 1342Ass , Hannampstud 1307SR (p), Hanamstedes 1505AddCh . 'At the high hamstede,' v. heah .