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Hinton (place name)

The place-name Hinton is of Old English origin, and is a common English village name, particularly in Southern England.

Wimbourne Minster.
Hinton Martell
The former monastery of Wimbourne held land here.

Village names often include a suffix, for example:

  1. Hinton on the Green
  2. Hinton-in-the-Hedges

Note that there are two villages named Hinton Parva ( "Little Hinton" ):[a]

  1. Hinton Parva, Dorset.
  2. Hinton Parva, Wiltshire.

The place-name is closely related to other place-names that may derive from Old English hēah (or hēa, hēan) ..."high, tall":

  1. Higham – common across England.[b]
  2. Heaton – common in Northern England.[c]
  3. Hampton – common in Southern England.
  4. Hempton, Henton – found in Oxfordshire.[1]

Etymology

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The place name Hinton is of Old English origin, and usually derives from either:

  1. Old English hiwan (or higna,[1] hina[2]).
    1. "members of a family, household or religious house".[d][e]
    2. "farm of the monks or of the nuns".[1]
  2. Old English hēah (or hēan).[1][2]
    1. "high, tall"
    2. "exalted, important"

The suffix is from Old English tūn:

  1. "an enclosed piece of ground".
  2. "a village or town".

Examples

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List of examples

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Sortable list of examples:

Place name County Map
[Help 1] 		Latitude
N – S 		Domesday entry Etymology Notes
Hinton on the Green Worcestershire [Map 1] 240250 Hinetune.[Web 1]
St. Peter's Abbey 		higna.[2][1]
("monastery") 		In 981 Elfleda granted
the manor to
St. Peter's Abbey.
Hinton-in-the-Hedges Northamptonshire [Map 2] 237000 Hintone.[Web 2]
Geoffrey de Mandeville 		See below. There is no known
record of
monastic settlement.
Hinton Blewett Somerset [Map 3] 156800 Hantone.[Web 3]
William of Eu 		hēan.[2][1]
("high")
Hinton St Mary Dorset [Map 4] 116212 Haintone.[Web 4]
Shaftesbury Abbey 		hēan.[2][1]
("high") 		The village occupies
a hill overlooking
the River Stour.
Hinton St George Somerset [Map 5] 112600 Hantone.[Web 5]
William of Eu 		hēan.[2][1]
("high")
Hinton Martell Dorset [Map 6] 106100 Hinetone.[Web 6]
Gilbert de Magminot 		higna.[2][1]
("monastery") 		Former monastery of
Wimbourne Minster
held land here.

Hinton-in-the-Hedges

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See also: Hinton-in-the-Hedges

The name was previously recorded as Hynton in the edge (1549).[2] The toponym might be: "Village in the hill-side".

The etymology is uncertain. The etymologist Victor Watts proposed that the name derives from Old English hina,[2] which is normally used in the context of a monastery or other community.[e] However, there is no known record of a monastic settlement.

Another possibility is that the name derives from Old English hēah ("high). The name element edge is a local term for hill-side or escarpment – the village is on the rim of a plateau used by the Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield. The Holy Trinity Church is 128m above sea level, while the church at nearby Westbury is only 103m above sea level.

See also Wiktionary: Middle English egge

  1. The edge or rim of an object, plot of land, or physical feature...

Examples of place-names in the local area:

  1. Edge Hill, Warwickshire.
  2. Edgcote near Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire.

List of place-names in England

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See also: Counties of England

Sortable list of Hinton place-names:

Place-name Post town County Latitude
N – S 		Points of interest
Hinton – near Pontesbury Shrewsbury Shropshire 308100 Pontesbury Hill Iron Age hill-fort.
Hinton – near Stottesdon Kidderminster Shropshire 282500
Hinton – near Blythburgh Halesworth Suffolk 275350 Blythburgh Priory
Cherry Hinton Cambridge Cambridgeshire 256349 Iron Age hill-fort.
Hinton Daventry Northamptonshire 252527
Hinton on the Green Evesham Worcestershire 240250 See example.
Hinton – near Peterchurch Hereford Herefordshire 238800 Golden Valley
Hinton-in-the-Hedges Brackley Northamptonshire 237000 See example.
Hinton – near Stroud. Berkeley Gloucestershire 203993 River Severn
Hinton Waldrist Faringdon Oxfordshire 199106
Hinton Parva Swindon Wiltshire 183229 Also known as Little Hinton.
Hinton – near Bristol. Bristol Gloucestershire 176820
Broad Hinton Swindon Wiltshire 176515
Great Hinton Trowbridge Wiltshire 159054
Hinton Charterhouse Bath Somerset 158606 Hinton Priory
Hinton Blewett Bristol Somerset 156800 See example.
Hinton Ampner Winchester Hampshire 127549
Hinton St Mary Sturminster Newton Dorset 116212 See example.
Hinton Daubney Waterlooville Hampshire 114121
Hinton St George Hinton St George Somerset 112600 See example.
Tarrant Hinton Blandford Forum Dorset 111101 Shaftesbury Abbey
Hinton Martell Wimborne Minster Dorset 106100 See example.
Hinton Parva Wimborne Minster Dorset 104448 Also known as Little Hinton.
Hinton Christchurch, Dorset Hampshire 095985 New Forest National Park
Hinton Admiral Christchurch, Dorset Hampshire 094877

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Reaney 1969, pp. 39.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Watts 2007, pp. 306.
  3. ^ Clark Hall 1916, p. 343.

Web

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  1. ^ *"Hinton [-on-the-Green]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ *"Hinton [-in-the-Hedges]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  3. ^ *"Hinton [Blewitt]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ^ *"Hinton [St Mary]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. ^ *"Hinton [St George]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  6. ^ *"Hinton [Martell]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

Maps

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  1. ^ "MAGiC MaP : Hinton on the Green". Natural England.
  2. ^ "MAGiC MaP : Hinton-in-the-Hedges". Natural England.
  3. ^ "MAGiC MaP : Hinton Blewett". Natural England.
  4. ^ "MAGiC MaP : Hinton St Mary". Natural England.
  5. ^ "MAGiC MaP : Hinton St George". Natural England.
  6. ^ "MAGiC MaP : Hinton Martell". Natural England.
  1. ^ MAGiC MaP – Help
    1. Use Table of Contents for Colour mapping.
    2. There may be intermittent problems with the magic.defra.gov.uk website, if so then try again another time.

Notes

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  1. ^ See also Wiktionary: Latin parvus
    1. "small, little".
  2. ^ Reaney – English Place Names
    ..."But Higham is a valuable test-word. It is a common place-name, found at least six times in Kent, twice in Suffoik and Northamptonshire, and also in Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Leicester, Northumberland and Yorkshire. In OE it was Hēah-hām a form found in 765 for Higham Upshire (Kent) ...[1]
  3. ^ Reaney – English Place Names
    ..."In the north, the dative was Hēa-tūn, which survives as Heaton five times in the West Riding, four times in Lancashire and thrice in Northumberland ...[1]
  4. ^ hîwan mp. (gen. hîwna, hî(g)na)
    ..."members of a family, household or religious house...[3]
  5. ^ a b Watts – English Place-Names
    HINTON "The Community's estate"
    ..."Such a manor was set aside for the support of the domestic servants of a religious or other household ...[2]

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