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.

Hermeston Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hodsock

Historical Forms

  • Heremodestun' 1166 P
  • Heremodestan (sic) t.Hy2 DukRec
  • Hermodestone n.d.,1316 Dugdvi
  • Hermiston c.1250 HMCVarvii
  • Hermeston c.1285 Blyth 1330 Ass
  • Harmeston 1479 IpmR 1491 Wills

Etymology

'Heremōd 's farm,' v . tun.