The story
According to Ekwall, this placename derives from the Old English personal name Hocca + æfesn (“pasturage”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hognaston
Today it means: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2350). Full definition →