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.

Henwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hallow

Historical Forms

  • Higna gemære 851 BCS462 11th
  • Hinewic, Hinewyk, Hynewike 1180 P 1240 WoP 1249 FF 1352 CompR
  • Henewic 1181,1182 P
  • Hyndewyke 13th WoCh
  • Hynwyche, Hynwick 1518 More 1547 1558 Wills
  • Henwicke 1651 FF

Etymology

'Dairy farm of the monks' or of their servants. OE  hiwan might be applied to a community of either, v. higna , wic . In the first reference mention is made of the bounds of this property.