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.

Ongar Hundred

Hundred in the County of Essex

Historical Forms

  • Hangra 1086 DB
  • Hangre 1242 P
  • Angra 1086 DB 1157 P
  • Angre 1086 DB 1190 P 1219 Fees
  • Aungre 1255 Ass 1264 Misc 1274 RH 1303 FA 1321 Pat
  • Unger 1475 Pat
  • Ongre 1484 Pat
  • Onger 1594 N

Etymology

v. Ongar infra 71. The site of the hundred-moot has not been identified. It has been suggested that it was either at Ongar Castle or at Toot Hill infra 79, which is even more central. v. EAS xviii, 192.