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Hinton Martell
The former monastery of Wimbourne held land here.

Hinton is a place name of Old English origin, and is a common English village name, particularly in Southern England. Village names often include a suffix, for example Hinton on the Green and Hinton-in-the-Hedges.

The place-name is closely related to other place-names that may derive from Old English hēah (or hēa, hēan), meaning "high" or "tall", such as Highham, Heaton, and Hampton.

Etymology

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

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

The suffix is from Old English tūn, meaning "an enclosed piece of ground" or "a village or town".

Examples

List of examples

Sortable list of examples:

Place name County Location Domesday entry Etymology Notes
Hinton on the Green Worcestershire 52°04′N 1°58′W / 52.06°N 1.96°W / 52.06; -1.96 Hinetune.
St. Peter's Abbey 		higna.
("monastery") 		In 981 Elfleda granted
the manor to
St. Peter's Abbey.
Hinton-in-the-Hedges Northamptonshire 52°01′30″N 1°11′20″W / 52.025°N 1.189°W / 52.025; -1.189 Hintone.
Geoffrey de Mandeville 		See below. There is no known
record of
monastic settlement.
Hinton Blewett Somerset 51°18′32″N 2°34′59″W / 51.309°N 2.583°W / 51.309; -2.583 Hantone.
William of Eu 		hēan.
("high")
Hinton St Mary Dorset 50°56′38″N 2°18′22″W / 50.944°N 2.306°W / 50.944; -2.306 Haintone.
Shaftesbury Abbey 		hēan.
("high") 		The village occupies
a hill overlooking
the River Stour.
Hinton St George Somerset 50°54′32″N 2°49′08″W / 50.909°N 2.819°W / 50.909; -2.819 Hantone.
William of Eu 		hēan.
("high")
Hinton Martell Dorset 50°51′14″N 1°58′59″W / 50.854°N 1.983°W / 50.854; -1.983 Hinetone.
Gilbert de Magminot 		higna.
("monastery") 		Former monastery of
Wimbourne Minster
held land here.

Hinton-in-the-Hedges

Main article: Hinton-in-the-Hedges

The name was previously recorded as Hynton in the edge (1549). 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, which is normally used in the context of a monastery or other community. 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 refers to a hill-side or escarpment (also found in nearby Edge Hill and Edgcote) – 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.

List of place-names in England

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
(See example). 		Evesham Worcestershire 240250
Hinton – near Peterchurch Hereford Herefordshire 238800 Golden Valley
Hinton-in-the-Hedges
(See example). 		Brackley Northamptonshire 237000
Hinton – near Stroud. Berkeley Gloucestershire 203993 River Severn
Hinton Waldrist Faringdon Oxfordshire 199106
Hinton Parva (Little Hinton) Swindon Wiltshire 183229 Old Minster, Winchester
Hinton – near Bristol. Bristol Gloucestershire 176820 Hinton Hill – Battle of Deorham.
Broad Hinton Swindon Wiltshire 176515 Bincknoll Castle Iron Age hill-fort.
Great Hinton Trowbridge Wiltshire 159054
Hinton Charterhouse Bath Somerset 158606 Hinton Priory
Hinton Blewett
(See example). 		Bristol Somerset 156800
Hinton Ampner Winchester Hampshire 127549
Hinton St Mary
(See example). 		Sturminster Newton Dorset 116212 Shaftesbury Abbey
Hinton Daubney Waterlooville Hampshire 114121
Hinton St George
(See example). 		Hinton St George Somerset 112600 Hinton House
Tarrant Hinton Blandford Forum Dorset 111101 Shaftesbury Abbey
Hinton Martell
(See example). 		Wimborne Minster Dorset 106100
Hinton Parva (Little Hinton) Wimborne Minster Dorset 104448
Hinton Christchurch, Dorset Hampshire 095985 New Forest
Hinton Admiral Christchurch, Dorset Hampshire 094877

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Reaney 1969, pp. 39.
  2. ^ Watts 2007, pp. 306.
  3. Clark Hall 1916, p. 343.
  4. Watts 2007, p. 306. "Such a manor was set aside for the support of the domestic servants of a religious or other household"
  5. *"Hinton [-on-the-Green]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  6. *"Hinton [-in-the-Hedges]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  7. *"Hinton [Blewitt]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  8. *"Hinton [St Mary]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  9. *"Hinton [St George]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  10. *"Hinton [Martell]". Open Domesday. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

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