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Hill in Cornwall, England
the area: Hingston Down well ywrought Is worth London Town dearly bought. This Hingston Down should not be confused with the Hingston Down at 50°39′40″N
Hingston_Down
Battle between a combined force of Cornish and Vikings against West Saxons in 838
521°N 4.2473°W / 50.521; -4.2473 The Battle of Hingston Down took place in 838, probably at Hingston Down in Cornwall between a combined force of Cornish
Battle_of_Hingston_Down
Surname list
Hingston, (1829–1907), Canadian physician, politician, and banker Dean Francis Hingston, (1977) Australian Seafarer, Food Technologist. Hingston Down
Hingston
Part of the Viking invasions of England
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Brunanburh
1066 battle in England
single-handedly held up the entire English army. This Norwegian alone cut down more than 40 Englishmen and was defeated only when an English soldier floated
Battle_of_Stamford_Bridge
1002 mass killing of Danes in England
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St_Brice's_Day_massacre
Village in Cornwall, England
the outskirts of Calstock, the largest known Roman site in Cornwall. Hingston Down is usually accepted as the place mentioned in an entry in the Anglo-Saxon
Gunnislake
Ceremonial county in England
Gafulforda. The Cornish giving battle here, and the later battle at Hingston Down, casts doubt on any claims of control Wessex had at this stage. In 838
Cornwall
Norse invasion of England in 865
were made at the east end of the church, and an existing building was cut down and converted into the chamber of a burial mound that revealed the disarticulated
Great_Heathen_Army
Region of England
elite only. The English defeated a combined Cornish and Danish force at Hingston Down (near Gunnislake) in 838. Edward the Elder built similarly at Barnstaple
South_West_England
Battle during the Viking invasions of England (910 CE)
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Battle_of_Tettenhall
Historical Norse colony in present-day England
from Chapter 2 of the book: What are ye for?' he shouted. 'T' maister's down i' t' fowld. Go round by th' end o' t' laith, if ye went to spake to him
Scandinavian_York
Hill and country park in Cornwall, England
extensively in the 18th and early 19th centuries. As the highest point of Hingston Down, Kit Hill is probably the best viewpoint in the southeast of Cornwall
Kit_Hill
County in England, United Kingdom
the West", p. 341 This was probably the Hingston Down in east Cornwall, although there is also a Hingston Down in Devon. (Charles-Edwards, Wales and the
History_of_Cornwall
Aspect of Viking expansion
prompted Sweyn to raid England the following year, when Exeter was burned down. Hampshire, Wiltshire, Wilton, and Salisbury also fell victim to the Viking
Viking activity in the British Isles
Viking_activity_in_the_British_Isles
King of Wessex from 802 to 839
battle against them and their allies, the West Welsh, at the Battle of Hingston Down in Cornwall. The Dumnonian royal line continued after this time, but
Ecgberht,_King_of_Wessex
9th-century King of Wessex
victorious over an alliance of Cornishmen and Vikings at the Battle of Hingston Down, reducing Cornwall to the status of a client kingdom. He died in the
Æthelbald,_King_of_Wessex
King of Wessex from 860 to 865
victorious over an alliance of Cornishmen and Vikings at the Battle of Hingston Down, reducing Cornwall to the status of a client kingdom. He died in 839
Æthelberht,_King_of_Wessex
King of Wessex from 839 to 858
victorious over an alliance of Cornishmen and Vikings at the Battle of Hingston Down, reducing Cornwall to the status of a client kingdom. Æthelwulf's father
Æthelwulf,_King_of_Wessex
878 battle between Wessex and Vikings
conquered a combined force of Vikings and Cornishmen at the Battle of Hingston Down in Cornwall. The raiding continued and with each year became more intense
Battle_of_Edington
King of Wessex from 865 to 871
victorious over an alliance of Cornishmen and Vikings at the Battle of Hingston Down, reducing Cornwall to the status of a client kingdom. When Æthelwulf
Æthelred_I_of_Wessex
Railway station in Cornwall, England
Manure Canal Mining Mining in Cornwall and Devon Devon Great Consols Hingston Down Quarry Transportation Bus Plymouth Citybus Rail Great Western Railway
Gunnislake_railway_station
Supposed 577 battle between West Saxons and Britons
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Deorham
Grade I listed historic house museum in Calstock, United Kingdom
by the Edgecumbe family in 1485 after the original Manor House was pulled down. Sir Richard Edgecumbe came into the property after fighting for Henry Tudor
Cotehele
British 6th-century battle
fell in one day 960 men from one charge by Arthur; and no one struck them down except Arthur himself. The Battle of Badon is next mentioned in the Annales
Battle_of_Badon
1066 battle near York, England
landed his army in Sussex on the south coast. Harold marched his army back down to the south coast where he met William's army, at a place now called Battle
Battle_of_Fulford
Name of a Celtic tribe in Roman-age Britain
alliance with Vikings were defeated by the West Saxons at the Battle of Hingston Down. This was the last-recorded battle between the Cornish and Wessex, and
Cornovii_(Cornwall)
Early 7th-century battle in England
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Chester
Mining in the English counties
United closed in 1864); East Kit Hill Mine, worked from 1855 to 1909; Hingston Down mine (which worked westwards towards Kit Hill, may have started in the
Mining_in_Cornwall_and_Devon
10th century military campaign
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Æthelstan's invasion of Scotland
Æthelstan's_invasion_of_Scotland
Briton missive to Rome, 5th century
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Groans_of_the_Britons
867 battle between Vikings and Northumbria
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Battle_of_York_(867)
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
Anglo-Saxon_settlement_of_Britain
Human settlement in England
Greystone Quarry Gwithian to Mexico Towans Harbour Cove Hawkstor Pit Hingston Down Quarry & Consols Kennack to Coverack Kingsand to Sandway Point Lidcott
Prussia_Cove
Anglo-Saxon battle (c. 642 CE)
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Maserfield
Battle between West Saxon and Danish Vikings in 871
The West Saxons pursued the fleeing Vikings until nightfall, cutting them down. However, victory proved short-lived, as it was followed by two defeats,
Battle_of_Ashdown
Battle near Maldon, Essex, in 991
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Battle_of_Maldon
628 battle in England
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Cirencester
Historic kingdom in Sub-Roman Britain
supported by Danish forces, was crushed by Egbert at the battle of Hingston Down. The Cornish bishop of Bodmin acknowledged the authority of Canterbury
Dumnonia
Saxon invasion of Stamford
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Battle_of_Stamford_(894)
Calendar year
Battle of Hingston Down: Ecgberht, King of Wessex, leads his men to defeat a combined force of Cornish and Danish Vikings at Hingston Down in Cornwall
838
9th-century battle in England
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Battle_of_Meretun
Bridge in Cornwall and Devon, England
Valley National Landscape. Retrieved 8 April 2026. "The Tamar Valley & Hingston Down". Tamar Valley National Landscape. Retrieved 15 April 2026. Thomas,
Gunnislake_Newbridge
Battle between Ecgberht of Wessex and Beornwulf of Mercia in 825
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Ellendun
760 760 Battle of Hereford Mercia Britons Defeat 838 838 Battle of Hingston Down Wessex Cornish Vikings Victory 851 851 Battle of Aclea Wessex Vikings
List of wars involving England
List_of_wars_involving_England
630's battle in Northumberland
Welsh, pursued by the vengeful Northumbrians. Many Welsh soldiers were cut down as they ran, and according to Bede, Cadwallon was caught around 10 miles
Battle_of_Heavenfield
Warfare of the Ancient Celts
Catohic 760: Battle of Hereford 834: Battle of Blain 838: Battle of Hingston Down 845: Battle of Ballon 851: Battle of Jengland Celts Celts in Transylvania
Ancient_Celtic_warfare
Fifth-century conflict in England
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Guoloph
Type of boat
Manure Canal Mining Mining in Cornwall and Devon Devon Great Consols Hingston Down Quarry Transportation Bus Plymouth Citybus Rail Great Western Railway
Tamar_barge
Sixth-century battle in northern Britain
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Catraeth
Village and civil parish in England
his men employed at a period of diminishing repair work following the run down and closure of Morwellham Quay. A surviving Tamar barge, Shamrock, is preserved
Calstock
14th-century Anglican parish church of Calstock in Cornwall, England
. The lightning fell on the tower, threw down the western pinnacles, and made a breach in the steeple down to the belfry. From the tower the electric
St_Andrew's_Church,_Calstock
500) Battle of Ellandun (825) Viking invasions (793–1066) Battle of Hingston Down (838) Battle of Aclea (851) Battle of York (867) Battle of Englefield
Military_history_of_England
954 battle in the Viking invasions of England
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Battle_of_Stainmore
Battle between the Anglo-Saxons and Norse Viking invaders
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Battle_of_Farnham
Part of the Viking invasions of England (870)
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Battle_of_Englefield
878 battle between West Saxons and Vikings
stole away to Chippenham, and overran the land of the West-Saxons, and sat down there; and many of the people they drove beyond sea, and of the remainder
Battle_of_Cynwit
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Hereford
Battle in Highland, Scotland
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Degsastan
Railway line in Devon and Cornwall, England
the quickest way of getting into the city of Plymouth. The next crossing down river is the Tamar Bridge at Saltash. The overall number of passengers travelling
Tamar_Valley_Line
Hypothetical battle of 596 AD
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Raith
894 battle between Vikings and Wessex
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Battle_of_Benfleet
Former copper mine in Devon, England
Manure Canal Mining Mining in Cornwall and Devon Devon Great Consols Hingston Down Quarry Transportation Bus Plymouth Citybus Rail Great Western Railway
Devon_Great_Consols
Part of the Viking invasions of England
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Battle_of_Reading_(871)
655 battle between Mercia and Bernicia
November 2016). "On this day: Britain's last great pagan king is struck down by Christians at the Battle of the Winwaed". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved
Battle_of_the_Winwaed
Battle between the kingdoms of Northumbria, Gwynedd and Mercia (633 AD)
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Hatfield_Chase
July 917 battle
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Battle_of_Derby
Major battle between Offa of Mercia and Cynewulf of Wessex
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Bensington
King of Wessex (871 – c. 886); King of the Anglo-Saxons (c. 886 – 899)
victorious over an alliance of Cornishmen and Vikings at the Battle of Hingston Down, reducing Cornwall to the status of a client kingdom. When Æthelwulf
Alfred_the_Great
expansion resumed. By the time Cornwall was subjugated by Wessex at Hingston Down in 838, however, it was largely left to its native people and practices
History of Christianity in Great Britain
History_of_Christianity_in_Great_Britain
7th century battle in the Kingdom of Lindsey
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_the_Trent
Town in Cornwall, England
remains, but there are no active mines. Granite is still quarried on Hingston Down. St Mary's Church was originally a chapel of ease to South Hill; it
Callington
Railway station in Cornwall, England
with goods from the mines around Gunnislake and Callington were brought down the hillside on a 0.4 miles (0.6 km) cable-worked incline with a gradient
Calstock_railway_station
8th–11th century expansion by Norsemen
descendents formed ruling dynasties or elites, while elsewhere they settled down as farmers. There is much debate among historians about what drove the Viking
Viking_expansion
1001 battle in Devon, England against Danes
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Battle_of_Pinhoe
685 battle between Picts and Northumbrians
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Dun_Nechtain
1010 Danish victory in England
v t e Viking invasions of England Portland Lindisfarne Jarrow Hingston Down Alcea Great Heathen Army (865–878) York Englefield Reading Ashdown Basing
Battle_of_Ringmere
466 battle
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Wippedesfleot
Battle between the West Saxons and the Danish Vikings in 851
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Battle_of_Aclea
Standing army in the service of the Kings of England, 1013–1051
Battle of Glenmama Battle of Hafrsfjord Battle of Helgeå Battle of Hingston Down Battle of the Holme Battle of Hjörungavágr Battle of Islandbridge Battle
Thingmen
878 battle between Vikings and Wessex
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Battle_of_Chippenham
Two-masted sailing ship
Manure Canal Mining Mining in Cornwall and Devon Devon Great Consols Hingston Down Quarry Transportation Bus Plymouth Citybus Rail Great Western Railway
West_Country_ketch
Apocryphal massacre in England
friendly way, meanwhile were thinking in a wolvish way, and sociably they sat down man beside man (i.e. Saxon beside Briton). Hengistus, as he had said, spoke
Treason_of_the_Long_Knives
Battle between Wessex and the Vikings
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Battle_of_Rochester
Battle between Vikings and West Saxons in 871
v t e Viking invasions of England Portland Lindisfarne Jarrow Hingston Down Alcea Great Heathen Army (865–878) York Englefield Reading Ashdown Basing
Battle_of_Basing
7th century battle between Saxons and Britons
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Peonnum
Hill and tor on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England
Greystone Quarry Gwithian to Mexico Towans Harbour Cove Hawkstor Pit Hingston Down Quarry & Consols Kennack to Coverack Kingsand to Sandway Point Lidcott
Hawk's_Tor,_Blisland
the county of Hampshire, England High Down (Isle of Wight), area of downland on Isle of Wight, England Hingston Down, hill not far from Gunnislake in Cornwall
List_of_downs
Battle between Britons and Anglo-Saxons, fought at Aylesford, Kent, England
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Aylesford
Battle in Cornwall, c. 721–722
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Hehil
7th-century battle in northern Britain
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Two_Rivers
summit. Alex Tor 291 30 SX118787 TuMP Bodmin Moor Summit tor cairn Hingston Down 268 47 SX409714 (est.) TuMP Tamar Valley There is a tumulus, a transmission
List_of_hills_of_Cornwall
Battle in c.580 at an unknown ford near Alt Clut, the original name for Dumbarton Rock
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Alclud_Ford
Skirmish in 1001 between the English and the Vikings
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First_Battle_of_Alton
Battle fought in 1016 between the English and the Danes
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Battle_of_Brentford_(1016)
Denmark is expelled and Vestfold gains independence. 838 Battle of Hingston Down Danish Vikings Cornwall Anglo-Saxons Defeat Viking Defeat 845 Siege
List of wars involving Denmark
List_of_wars_involving_Denmark
556 battle between West Saxons and Britons
Maserfield Winwaed Peonnum Two Rivers Trent Nechtansmere 2nd Wodensburh Hehil Pencon Hereford Otford Bensington Ellandun Hingston Down Scotland Brunanburh
Battle_of_Beran_Byrig
and the Defnas (men of Devon) fought at Gafalforda". 838: Battle of Hingston Down: the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that the Cornish in alliance with
Timeline_of_Cornish_history
Railway line in Cornwall, England
sidings connecting with mines and quarries, in particular Kit Hill, Hingston Down, Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Plymouth Depot, Pearson's Quarry (at West
East_Cornwall_Mineral_Railway
Part of the Norse invasions of England
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Battle_of_Corbridge
HINGSTON DOWN
HINGSTON DOWN
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Jamaican
Pleasant Stone; Town of Victory; From the Friend's Town; Wine's Town; Joyful Stone; Homestead
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name composed of the elements wynn ‘joy’ + stÄn ‘stone’.English : habitational name from any of various places called Winston or Winstone, from various Old English personal names + Old English tÅ«n ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’, or, in the case of Winstone in Gloucestershire, Old English stÄn ‘stone’.Americanized form of Jewish Weinstein.
Boy/Male
English American
From the king's village or estate 'King's field.' King is one of several titles occasionally used...
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly West Midlands)
English (mainly West Midlands) : habitational name from any of various places, for example Langstone in Devon and Hampshire, named with Old English lang ‘long’, ‘tall’ + stÄn ‘stone’, i.e. a menhir.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English
From the Long Enclosure; Long Town; Tall Man's Town
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Hind.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Town of Victory
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from an unidentified medieval personal name, perhaps a survival of Old English HÌ„nci or HÌ„nca. Compare Hinckley.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places so called, in Dorset, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire. These are named from Old French cyne- ‘royal’ (replaced by Old English cyning ‘king’) + tūn ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places throughout England called Kingston or Kingstone. Almost all of them, regardless of the distinction in spelling, were originally named in Old English as cyningestūn ‘the king’s settlement’, i.e. royal manor. However, Kingston upon Soar in Nottinghamshire is named as ‘royal stone’, while Kingstone in Somerset is ‘king’s stone’; both probably being named for some local monument.
Boy/Male
Indian
(Celebrity Names: Celina Jaitly and Peter Haag)
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : probably a variant of Hingston. The name in this spelling has died out in England.
Boy/Male
English American
From Wine's town; from a friend's town. Famous Bearer: Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), World...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hinkson.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Jamaican
From the King's Village or Estate King's Field; King is One of Several Titles Occasionally Used as Given Names; King's Town
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, possibly in part from Hogston in Angus, Scotland, named from Older Scots hogg ‘young sheep’, but the concentration of the name in the Midlands and southern England suggests that it is primarily from Hoggeston in Buckinghamshire, which is named from the Old English personal name Hogg + Old English tūn.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Wynnstan, WINSTON means "joy-stone."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Pinxton in Derbyshire. The second element is Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the first may be a personal name, Penec.
Boy/Male
English
From the long enclosure 'long stone.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : habitational name from any of three places so named. Hingston, Cornwall and Hingston Down in Moretonhampstead, Devon are both named from the Old English byname Hengest (or from Old English hengest ‘stallion’) + Old English dÅ«n ‘hill’, while Hingston in Bigbury, Devon is named from Old English hind ‘hind’ + stÄn ‘stone’.
HINGSTON DOWN
HINGSTON DOWN
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Arabic, Muslim
Name of a Mountain in Madina
Girl/Female
Indian
The rainy cloud, Down pour
Girl/Female
German
Bright
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, Christian, English
Happy Friend; Light-hearted Friend; Bright Friend
Girl/Female
Spanish
Shining light, or bright one. AGreek Helen.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Cool; Sweet
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Water Tap
Girl/Female
Muslim
Royal
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil
To Enlighten
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Swordsman's Stone
HINGSTON DOWN
HINGSTON DOWN
HINGSTON DOWN
HINGSTON DOWN
HINGSTON DOWN
a.
Below stairs; as, a downstairs room.
v. t.
To weigh or press down.
n.
A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
a.
Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.
n.
Alt. of Swans-down
adv.
Alt. of Downwards
n.
Alt. of Kingstone
adv.
Down the stairs; to a lower floor.
a.
Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.
adv.
Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
n.
The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.
adv.
From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.
a.
Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
n.
The black angel fish. See Angel fish, under Angel.
a.
Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet.
a.
Alt. of Downtrodden
a.
Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts.
a.
Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.