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.

Hungarton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hungarton

Historical Forms

  • Hvngretone 1086 DB
  • Hungreton' 1216 ClR 1236,1243 Fees 1251 BPR 1268 Pat
  • Hungerton(') c.1130 LeicSurv Hy2 Dugd 1191,1192 P 1390 Pat 1405 AD 1576 Saxton 1610 Speed
  • Hungertona Hy2 Dugd 1156 Ch 1318 AD c.1240
  • Hung(g)ertone 1228,1231 RHug c.1250 Gilb 1407
  • Hongerton 1363 Ipm 1411 Rut 1540 Pat
  • Hungarton 1516 EpCB 1518 Visit

Etymology

'The farmstead, village with unproductive land', v. hungor , tūn ; a settlement whose inhabitants, because of its poor soils, could be prone to hunger in the worst years, cf. Hungerton, DLPN 68.