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.

Earl's Common

Early-attested site in the Parish of Himbleton

Etymology

This probably dates from the time when the earls of Hereford held the manor of Himbleton (VCH iii. 392–3).