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Location
An early reference to Hunsgreen occurred in the record of the Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury held on April 24th 1689. This defined a piece of land acquired by William Sedley as:
2½ acres of pasture in Hillfield by the King’s Highway called Hunsgreen from Deopham Towngreen to Morley Green, West,
Abutts Snaylgate Lane, now called the Townhouse Lane, East;
land of Miles Hobart called Urrys, West.
There is an almost identical definition of these 2½ acres in the Court Roll for November 24th 1808 for this same Manor.
Morley Green appears to be the area around Morley Manor, which leads to the connection that Hunsgreen must be the way now known as the Morley Road.1
An example from Court of the Manor of Deopham of the Dean & Chapter of Canterbury, March 28th 1729
Origin of the Name
The prefix Huns is not a recognised place-name element2 so it is likely this was named after a person or family.
The designation “King’s Highway” indicates that this was a significant route with the backing of the royal courts to ensure it was kept open.
Footnotes
- With thanks to Anna Allison for her help with making this connection. ↩︎
- A.H. Smith English Place-Name Elements, vol I ↩︎
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