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.

Honington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Honington

Historical Forms

  • Hunitona 1043 KCD916 17th
  • Huniton(e) 1086 DB 1221 Pap
  • Honiton, Honyton 1139 RegAlb 1445 StratGild
  • Honington c.1048 KCD939 17th Ch 1267 StratGild 1466
  • Huninton 1221 Ass
  • Honintone 1275 RH 1540 StratGild
  • Honynton 1331 Coventry
  • Hunnyton 1576 S
  • Honnington 1540 LP

Etymology

'Hūna 's farm,' v. ingtun . Cf. Hunnington (PN Wo 297).

Places in the same Parish