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.

Englands

Other OS name in the Parish of Chippenham

Historical Forms

  • Endeland, Indeland 1514 Ct
  • Englands, Inglands 1604,1695 BorRec
  • Inlands 1659 ib
  • Hinlond 1275 WMvi

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Endeland , Indeland 1514Ct , Englands , Inglands 1604, 1695BorRec, Inlands 1659 ib. It may identical with Hinlond 1275WM vi , i.e. inland , close to the reputed site of the king 's villa ( WM vi, 82 ) . Cf. infra 439 .