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.

Hatherton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wolverhampton (det)

Historical Forms

  • Hagenþorndun 996 (lost) Dugd vi 1443–6, No. 1, Sawyer 1380
  • Hargedone 1086 DB
  • Hatherdon 1203to1307 Ass 1262,1271,1286,1300 For 1283to1342 Ipm 1304 Cl 1304 Misc 1327,1332 SR 1338to1475 Banco 1343 Abbr 1421 Pat 1445 FF
  • Hatherdon als Hatherton 1565 ib
  • Hatherdoun 1413 Cl
  • Hatherdon 1307 Banco
  • Hathurdon 1365 Banco 1385 Woodhouse
  • Hotherton 1236 Fees
  • Had(d)erton 1518 Hatherton 1515–8 ECP
  • Hatherton 1227 Ass c.1291 Tax 1567 Pat 1604 FF 1610 Ct

Etymology

'The hill where hawthorn grows', v. haguþorn , dūn .