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.

Hennings Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Cantley

Historical Forms

  • ye He󠃱ing 1675,1684 PRCnt

Etymology

, y e He󠃱ing 1675, 1684 PRCnt , from ON  hegning ' enclosed (as distinct from common) land ' .