Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hanger Hill 1775 C

• Hanghaw Hill c.1840 TA

• Thynghowe t.Hy3 For 16th

• Thinghowe c.1300 Welbeck

• Tynghawe, Thynghou sub haya de Byrklund 1335 For

• Thinkhowe t.Hy8 ib

• Thingaw Hille 1606 Map

• Thinghough Assart t.Jas1 ib

• Tingho assarte 1618 For

• Thingoe al. Thinko 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

Hanger Hill is Hanger Hill 1775 C, Hanghaw Hill c. 1840TA and was formerly Thynghowe t. Hy 3 (16th) For , Thinghowe c. 1300Welbeck , Tynghawe , Thynghou sub haya de Byrklund 1335For , Thinkhowe t. Hy 8 ib., Thingaw Hille 1606Map , Thinghough Assart t. Jas 1 ib., Tingho assarte 1618For , Thingoe al. Thinko 1650ParlSurv . 'Hill of assembly or meeting,' v. þing , haugr . It lies at the junction of three parishes. Byrklund is Birklands supra 77. Cf. Thingoe Hundred in Suffolk (Anderson 95), Finger Fm in Diseworth (Lei), Thingouwe 1275 AD i, Thingou in Rotherby (Lei) (c. 1200 Dane) and Þingou (for Þinghou ) near Cold Mareham (L) (Anderson 60). The latter may have been the meeting-place of Aswardhurn Wapentake, but nothing can be said about the nature of the assemblies which met at the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire sites.