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.

Hethe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hethe

Historical Forms

  • Hedham 1086 DB
  • Heða 1176 P
  • Hethe 1201 P
  • Hetha 1235–6 Fees
  • Heth 1242–3 P 1346 FA 1347 Ipm 1459 Cl
  • La Hethe 1309,49 Ipm 1332 Cl
  • Hehe 1200 P
  • Etha c.1195 MonAng 13th WellsR 1232–3
  • Hethre 1231–2 WellsR
  • Haze 1242–3 Fees
  • Eche 1254–5 RH
  • Heche 1278–9 RH
  • Thad 1295–6,1347 Ipm

Etymology

OE  hǣþ, 'uncultivated land.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site