Hackleton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hackleton
Historical Forms
- Hachelintone 1086 DB 1405 ADv
- Bachelintone (sic) 1086 DB
- Haclinton(a) 1155–8 Ch 1329 ADii
- Haclynton 13th ADi
- Hakilton c.1265 ADii
- Hakelton 1368,1376 Cl
Etymology
No OE personal name Haca is on record, but we have every reason to believe in its existence on the evidence of such a p.n. as Hackness (PN NRY 112), c. 750 Bede Hacanos . See also PN D 69, 116. It would be identical with OE haca , 'hook, bolt, bar,' and have its exact parallel in the personal name Hōc , which is identical with the common OE hōc , 'hook.' It has its further parallel in OWScand Haki , OSw Haki , ODan Hake , which is by origin a nickname (ZEN 43). Hæcel would be a regular diminutive of this name and is found also in Hacklestone (W), 1367 Ipm Hackelston . Hence 'Hæcel 's farm,' v. ingtun .
Places in the same Parish
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