page_title: Hunton, Kent
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hunton, Kent / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A Map of Hunton, Kent
context_page_description: Hunton is a civil parish and village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England.
context_section_description: In the 1870s, Hunton was described like this:
  The village stands near the river Beult, 3 miles E by S of Yalding r. station, and 4½ SW by S of Maidstone; was once a market town; and has a post office under Staplehurst. The parish comprises 2,061 acres.
  The village's first recorded name was Huntindone in the eleventh century. Its name comes from Old English hunta 'huntsman' and dun 'hill' - 'Hill of the Huntsman'. The parish was frequently referred to in ancient deeds as Huntington. The name change to Hunton suggests tun meaning "village". "Hunton fell within the Hundred of Twyford. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Maidstone."
caption: A Map of Hunton, 1945
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