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. Tandridge Hundred (Hundred in Surrey)

    v. Tandridge infra 335. In 1651 (ParlSurv ) the court leets were held at a place called Undersnow . This, in a deed of 1656 (VCH iv, 252), is called Hundredsnow

  2. Spook Hill (Early-attested site, Dorking, Surrey)

    Spokelande 1559 Norfolk

    Spook Hill (6″). Cf. Spokelande 1559Norfolk . It is impossible to say anything certain about the first element in this name. The history of the word

  3. St Pier's Fm and Lane (Early-attested site, Lingfield, Surrey)

    St Pierces Green 1765 R; Simpier Green 1823 Br

    St Pier's Fm and Lane (both 6″). Cf. St Pierces Green 1765 R, Simpier Green 1823 Br. So

  4. Sussex Fm (Early-attested site, Send with Ripley, Surrey)

    Sussex Fm is so named in 1823 (G). According to M and B (iii, 108), lands in Sussex and in Send were conveyed in 1674 to John Caryll of Goodwood and others. In 1688 these

  5. Ash Holt (Other OS name, Ashby cum Fenby, Lincolnshire)

    , perhaps cf. ash grene in f. ns . ( b ) infra

  6. Bently Cottages and Copse (Other OS name, Shere with Gomshall, Surrey)

    ( 6 ″ ) . Bentley field , Copse and Pond are marked on an estate map of 1812 ( penes Mr R. B . Bray ) , v. beonet , leah

  7. Boston Lane (Other OS name, Clawson, Hose and Harby, Leicestershire)

    , presum . with the surn . Boston , cf. Boston hoale in Knipton f. ns . ( b )

  8. Brian's Close (Other OS name, Laughton, Leicestershire)

    ( 2 ½ ″ ) , a house built in the 1930s ; with the surn . Brian Bryan , a Breton name introduced into England by the Normans

  9. Bruntingthorpe Holt (Other OS name, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire)

    ( 2 ½ ″ ) , v. wald ; the development of wald locally was *wald > *wold > olde > oult > olt > holt , v. the Olt field in f.

  10. Butlers Cottage (Other OS name, Loddington, Leicestershire)

    , with the surn . Butler , cf. Butlers cunnery in f. ns ( a ) and Butlers close in f. ns . ( b )

  11. Church Thorns (Other OS name, Redmile, Leicestershire)

    , v. þorn ; perh . so called because at the edge of the former Churchfield , but v. Halythornfurlong listed in adjoining Barkestone f. ns . ( b )

  12. Cottagers Close (Other OS name, Aylestone, Leicestershire)

    , v. cotager and Cottiers Close in f. ns . ( b ) infra

  13. Cresswell Spring Fm (Other OS name, Waltham, Leicestershire)

    , v. spring 1 and Cresswell in f. ns . ( b )

  14. Flaxman'S Spinney (Other OS name, Wistow, Leicestershire)

    , v. spinney ; possibly with the surn . Flaxman , from the ME  occupational name flaxman ' a dresser or seller offlax ' , but note Flaxlandes in f. ns .

  15. Gibbet Lane (Other OS name, Toft Newton, Lincolnshire)

    Gibbet Rath 1828 Bry

    , cf. Gibbet Rath 1828 Bry , on the south - east corner of the parish on the boundary with Faldingworth LWR , with Gibbet Hill a little further east in

  16. Guthlaxton Gap (Other OS name, Cosby, Leicestershire)

    Guthlaxton Bridge 1835 O

    , 1807 Nichols , v. gap , cf. Guthlaxton Bridge 1835 O at this site ; v. Guthlaxton Hundred supra and Gutlakestonfelde in Cosby f. ns . ( b ) infra

  17. Halton Drain (Other OS name, West Halton, Lincolnshire)

    the common drayne 1577, 1664 Terrier; common dreane 1638 Terrier; the comon dreane 1668, 1686, 1690 Terrier; the Com(m)on Drayne 1697 Terrier; the Common Drain 1730 Terrier

    , cf. the common drayne 1577, 1664Terrier , common dreane 1638Terrier , the comon dreane 1668, 1686, 1690Terrier ,

  18. Harby Hall (Other OS name, Clawson, Hose and Harby, Leicestershire)

    , v. the Hall Close and the Hall Leys in f. ns . ( b )

  19. Hog Hatch (Other OS name, Farnham, Surrey)

    [ hɔgidʒ ] is Hoghache 1570, MinAcct , Hoggage 1749 B . v. hæcc

  20. Hogden Fm (Other OS name, Little Bookham, Surrey)

    Hogden Lane 1749 B

    ( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Hogden Lane 1749 B