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.

Hankerton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hankerton

Historical Forms

  • Hanekyntone 680 BCS59A 14th 901 14th ib
  • Hanekinton(e) c.1150 RegMalm 1222,1284 SarumCh
  • Hanekynton(e) 1279 Ipm
  • Honekynton 1065 KCD817 14th
  • Haneketon 1249,1258,1268,1279 Ass
  • Hanketon 1428 FA
  • Hanekyngton(e) 1341 NI
  • Hankyngton 1399 FF 1412 FA
  • Hankerton 1535 VE
  • Hankenton al. Hankerton 1541 LP

Etymology

'Haneca 's farm,' v. ingtun . Cf. Hankham (PN Sx 447), Hankford (PN D 92).

Places in the same Parish