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Type Settlement
Usage English

Meaning & History

The name of a village in Cambridgeshire, ultimately derived from a contraction of Old English Hengestestun which possibly meant "town of Hengest", itself from the genitive of the Old English byname Hengest (or from Old English hengest "stallion") and Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Added 1/14/2011 by will240
Edited 5/5/2019 by SeaHorse15 and Mike C