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.

Hounslow

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hounslow

Historical Forms

  • Hundeslawe 1217 Pat 1274 Ass 1275 RH
  • Hundeslauwe 1242 Fees
  • Hundeslowe 1275 RH 1294 Ass 1295 Ch
  • Houndeslowe 1341 NI 1353 FA
  • Houndeslowe within the parish of Heston 1519 FF
  • Haundeslowe 1394 FF
  • Hondeslowe 1428 FA
  • Hounslawe 1406 FF
  • Hownslowe, Hownslo 1534 1545 PCC
  • Hunslow 1593 N

Etymology

'Hund 's hill or tumulus,' v. hlaw . Cf. hundes hlæw BCS 687 (Berks). The first element is OE  hund , 'dog,' here probably used as a personal name. For earlier forms v. Isleworth Hundred supra 24.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site