This uncommon name  found chiefly in the counties of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire  is of Anglo-Saxon origin  and has two possible sources Firstly  it may be a locational surname from some minor  unrecorded  or now "lost" place  believed to have been situated near Chippenham in Wiltshire  the place is believed to have been named with the Olde nglish pre 7th Century elements "haegthorn"  hawthorn  and "hyll"  hill