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.

  1. Hurstingstone Hundred (Hundred in Huntingdonshire)

    The history of this Hundred-name has been made out by Mr Goodall in the paper already referred to s. n. Sword Point supra 190. He makes a convincing case for thinking that

  2. Dawscroft Ho (Other OS name, Brewood, Staffordshire)

    , cf. Dawespleck infra under ( b )

  3. Haling Grove, Haling Close & Haling Rd or Haling Dene (Other OS name, Penkridge, Staffordshire)

    ( local ) , from haling vbl . sb . ( b ) NED used attributively and meaning ' haling-path or towing-path ' ; it refers to the nearby canal

  4. Sinks Beck (Other OS name, Holme East Waver, Cumberland)

    Sinkes yeate 1635 Ct

    ( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Sinkes yeate 1635Ct . Sink is probably used here in the sense of ' drain, sewer , ' v. NED s. v. sink sb . , 1 b