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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hunton ' close

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Hunton ' close 1515 Wyg 1519 Wyg 1672 Nichols

Etymology

Hunton' close 1515, 1519 Wyg, 1672 Nichols (v. clos (e); perh. with the surn. Hunton, although the early date may point rather to a lost farmstead, v. tūn; cf. hunton busshe 1579 in adjoining Barkestone f. ns. (b))