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.

Hunscott

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashwater

Historical Forms

  • Hunescote 1249 Ass
  • Hunscote 1451 IpmR

Etymology

is Hunescote 1249Ass (p), Hunscote 1451 IpmR . ' Hūn 'scot(e) . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement