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.

Hemington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hemington

Historical Forms

  • Hemmingtune 1077 ChronRams 13th
  • Hemmingetonam 12th ChronRams 13th
  • Hemmingethon 1186–7 NRSiv
  • Hemmington' 1219 FF
  • Hemmyngton 1278 Cl 1301 Ipm 1346 Cl
  • Heminton(e) 1086 DB 1428 FA
  • Heminctona 1149 NRSiv
  • Hemingeton 1205 Cur
  • Hinintone 1086 DB
  • Heninton 1275 RH
  • Haminton(e) 1184–9 Ramsey c.1350 Cur 1200 Cl 1283

Etymology

'Farm of Hemma or of his people,' v. ingtun . Cf. Hemingford (PN BedsHu 260).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site