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.

Haxted

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lingfield

Historical Forms

  • Hecsted(e) t.Hy2 AddCh 1235 Ass 1247 FF 1308 Ipm
  • Hekstede 1326 FF
  • Hexsted(e) 1259 Ass 1454 FF
  • Hexstede 1332 SR
  • Hehstede 1198 Abbr 1200 Cur
  • Hegstede 1265 FF
  • Heghstede 1279,1313 Ass 1418 Harl
  • Heystede 1313 Ipm
  • Haxted(d) 1596,1599 SrWills

Etymology

'High place,' v. heah , stede . The hamlet stands on a hill above the Eden valley. For h > k cf. Hickstead (PN Sx 279–80) and Heckfield (Ha), Hecfeld '1242 Fees, Heghfeud 1272Ass , Heghfeld (e )1289, 1316FF , 1316 FA, 1327SR , Heggefeld 1279Ass , Hehtfeld 1291 Tax.