Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Humendone 1086 DB

• Hundidune 1086 DB

• Hauendona 1110 RAi

• Huneduna c.1115 LS l12 Dane

• Hunedune l12 Gilb 1409 NCot l12 m13

• Hunedun 1212 Cur

• Hunedon' 1193,1194 P a1218 RAiv

• Hunduna 1187 Gilb 1409

• Hundun e13 1409 Fees 1212,1238–43

• Hundune 1275 RH

• Hundone c.1240 R

• Hundon' 1242–3 Fees 1298 Ass e14 KirkstInvi 1327 SR 1329 Ass 1373 Peace

• Hundon 1303,1316 FA 1331 Ch 1347 Cl 1347,1349,1373,1374 Fine

• Hondon 1282 Ipm 1327 SR 1354 Cor 1535 VEiv

• Honton 1316 FA

• Hunden 1556 CA

Etymology

'Hūna's hill', v. dūn , with the same OE pers.n. as occurs in Hundon (Sf), where the second el. is denu 'a valley', v. DEPN s.n.Presumably the DB and 1100 RA i forms are erratic in view of the overwhelming evidence of all the later spellings.