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. Charlton Hundred (Hundred in Berkshire)

    'Hill of the peasants', v. ceorl , dūn . This was presumably the name of the meeting-place, which has not been

  2. 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

  3. Home Fm (Other OS name, Grove, Berkshire)

    , in Charlton village

  4. New England (Other OS name, Barley, Hertfordshire)

    is so named in 1782 (Faden) . It is in a remote corner of the parish , v. infra 263

  5. New England (Other OS name, Ippollitts, Hertfordshire)

    ( 6 ″ ) is a hamlet on the northern border of the parish on the outskirts of Hitchin . Cf. infra 263

  6. New England Hill (Other OS name, Winkfield, Berkshire)

    , 1761 Rocque , 1790 Pride ( v. 284 )

  7. New England Wd (Other OS name, Shottesbrooke, Berkshire)

    , on the parish boundary , v. 284