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.

Hamlet (Ho)

Other OS name in the Parish of Yetminster

Historical Forms

  • The Hamlet of Yetminster 1840 TAMap

Etymology

, The Hamlet of Yetminster 1840TAMap ( Chetnole ) , from OFr , ME  hamelet ' a group of houses or small village in the country , especially one without a church ' ; Hamlet ( formerly in Chetnole par . supra ) lies at the S extremity of the present par . some 1 ¼ miles from Yetminster village .