28 HENOVERE AND THE CHURCH OF HEANOR. 



that those words, which are translated by Mr. St. John Hope, 

 " The Church of Heanor," have been left almost untouched in 

 Glover's translation — " A church de Onere " — as though he 

 were uncertain of their meaning. Certainly the spelling is 

 singular if intended for Heanor Church. One cannot, of 

 course, cavil at the spelling of names at that age ; but there 

 are two points of interest in this case. The usual modes of 

 spelling were Henovere or Henower, with variations, but in 

 " Enere " it will be noticed that the initial " H " is omitted, 

 which is unusual, though we do read of Nicholas de Enovere, 

 or Eynoure : and in the second syllable the predominant sound 

 is " e," not " o," which is probably unique if the word be meant 

 to represent Henovere. 



If it should be that " de enere " describes the church and 

 does not refer to a place, then the Dale Chronicle has been 

 misunderstood and has led to the difficulty which has beset 

 antiquaries as to the early history of the Church of Heanor. 



But assuming that the Chronicle does refer to Henovere, 

 where is the place referred to? As Rough Heanor and 

 Heanor, each called Henovere, are about equally distant from 

 Dale, we cannot presume that de Musca considered Heanor as 

 the one irnportant Henovere, unhesitatingly understood by his 

 readers because of the advantage of propinquity. We have, 

 therefore, to consider the claims, after what has been said in 

 the earlier part of this article, of the two places known by the 

 name of Henovere. 



It has been said before that the Abbey possessions did not 

 extend to the north of Derby, and the Domesday account of 

 Heanor makes no reference to the Abbey of Burton, but points 

 to the simpler meaning of its church being an ordinary parish 

 church. 



" Land of William Pevrel. ... In Cotenovre and Hain- 

 oure, and Langeleie and Smitecote. . . . There is a 

 church . . . Warner holds." 



The lands at Mickleover, Littleover, Potlac, and Findem 

 were granted by William the Conqueror to Burton Abbey, but 



