Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hedmũdewic 1166 P

• Edmundewich 1167 P

• Hecmund(e)wy(c)k(e), Hekmund(e)wy(c)k(e), Hecmund(e)wik(e) 13 YDvii Hy3 BM 1260 Arm 1285 KI 1298 WCR 1303 Aid 1551 WillY

• Heck(e)mundwyk 1323 BM 1326 Thn 1335 YDvii 1641 Rates

• Hekmond(e)wyk 1284 WCR 1316 Vill 1402 FA 1606

• Hecmundeswyk 1261 YI

• Hechmundwik 1342 YDvii

• Hegmundwyk 1368 YDvii

• Heacunwyke 1304–9 Calv

• Hekynwik, Hekinwyk 1370 YDvii 1541 MinAcct

• Hykymwyke 1541 MinAcct

• Heckenwicke 1569 WillY

• Heccundwek, Heccundwyk(e), Heccundwike 1382,1389,1402 YDvii 1405,1415 BM 1415 Lindsay

• Hecondwyke 1402 YDvii

• Hecconwyke 1558 TestLds

Etymology

'Hēahmund's dairy-farm', v. wīc . The development of the OE  pers.n. Hēahmund to ME  Hekmund in this p.n. is unusual but is clearly paralleled by Hepmangrove Hnt 207, which has considerable variety of spellings in Heightmond -, Hetmin -, Hecme - and Eydmund - (the latter being similar to the two earliest spellings from P for this p.n.); cf. also Auckley i, 44supra . The change of Hēah - to Hek - is possibly due to French influence, as it is in the early spellings of Helmsley YN 71, where the ending -lēah appears as -lac , a form established as a pronunciation by Gaimar's rime Helmeslac -Espac (cf. also IPN 113). The later reduction to Heccunde -, mod [ekən-], has now given way to the spelling pronunciation.