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.

Hutton Conyers

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hutton Conyers

Historical Forms

  • Hot(t)on(e) 1086 DB
  • Hotune 1086 LVD50d
  • Hotonconyers 1198 Fount
  • Hoton Coigners 1316 Vill
  • Howton Coniers 1530 Visit

Etymology

'Farm on the spur of land' v. hoh , tun . The Conyers family were enfeoffed of land here between 1099 and 1133 (VCH i. 393).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site