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.

Hynam

Other OS name in the Parish of Hayton

Historical Forms

  • Upper and Lower Hynams, the lower Hynam 1788 Boothby

Etymology

is Upper and Lower Hynams , the lower Hynam 1788Boothby , probably v. innam .