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From the Old English personal name Heca + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1444). Full definition →
From the Old English personal name Heca + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.