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.

Headstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pinner

Historical Forms

  • Hegeton 1348 MinAcct
  • Heggestone 1367,1545 Bushell
  • Hedgestone t.Hy8 MxRec
  • Hegeston(e) 1526,1546 LP 1605 Rental 1612 Recov
  • Heggedon 1382 Bushell
  • Heggeton 1398 IpmR 1438,1459 Lambeth 1446,1453 MxRec
  • Hegton 1397 Pat
  • Hedsdon 1682 Morgan
  • Hedston 1754 R
  • Headstone 1819 G

Etymology

The forms are late and their inconsistency makes any satisfactory suggestion impossible.

Places in the same Parish