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.

Hackney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wickhamford

Historical Forms

  • (H)echeneige 709 BCS125 c.1200

Etymology

'Well-watered land of Hæcca ,' v. eg . This name is not on actual record, but cf. Hacca , Hæcci .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement