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.

Hangleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hangleton

Historical Forms

  • Hangetone 1086 DB 1482 IpmR
  • Hangeltune, Hangelton(e) t.Wm2 Lewes 1091–1125 AD14176 t.Hy1 AD461 1107–18 AC 1121 AC
  • Hangleton 1247 FF
  • Hanggelton 1315 Cl
  • Hanghelton 1428 FA
  • Hengelton 1248 Ass
  • Hengilton 1541 LP
  • Angleton 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

Probably from OE  hangra-tun , as in Hangleton supra 168, hence, 'farm by the sloping wood.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site