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.

Hinton Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Haddenham

Historical Forms

  • Henegetun(e) 973 LibEl 12th LibEl 1170
  • Henegeton(e) 1221 ElyA 1298 Ass
  • Henegent' c.1250 ElyCouch
  • Hynegeton 1341 Elien
  • Henig(h)ton 1498–9 Ct
  • Henig(h)ton al. Henton t.Eliz Colexxxvii
  • Haningetuna, Ha(n)ningatuna 1086 InqEl
  • Honegetone c.1260 Bodl
  • Heneketon(e) 1281 Cl 1298 Ass 1302 FA 1341 Elien
  • Hynketone, Hinketone 1378–83 Peterhouse
  • Henkentonfeld 1455 ib
  • Hynton, Hinton 1304 ElyF
  • Hington 1387,1507 Pat
  • Heng(h)ton(e) 1485–8 Wren 1541 t.Hy8 Rental
  • Heyngton(e) 1417,1508 Peterhouse 1496,1502 1510 LP t.Hy8 Terr
  • Heyn(y)ton(e) 1498 1517–20 Peterhouse
  • Henton c.1460 ECP t.Hy8 Rental 1506–7

Etymology

This would seem to derive from an OE  Hēaningatūn , but the ultimate history of such a name is entirely obscure. No personal name Hean is on record. Hean , often quoted as the name of the first abbot of Abingdon, is really an oblique case of Hæha . OE  hēan , 'low, abject, mean,' could hardly give rise to a personal name. For the development cf. Danbury and Hanningfield (PN Ess 248, 250–1).