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.

Hethelpit Cross, Hethelpit Gate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Staunton

Historical Forms

  • Heath Myll Pytt 1633 QSR

Etymology

The exact sense is not clear. By a curious coincidence we have in SR (1275) in succession, Will. de Cruce , Reginaldus Molendinarius and Lenota de la Putte .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement