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.

Hingston Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Moretonhampstead

Historical Forms

  • Hengesdon 1333 SR

Etymology

is Hengesdon 1333SR (p) . ' Stallion hill , ' v. hen-gest , dun and cf. Hingston Down (Co) , æt Hengestdune , æt Hengestes dune ASC s. a. 835 .