English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Hawkridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bucklebury

Historical Forms

  • (Nemus uocabulum) heafochrycg 956 BCS919 c.1200
  • (boscus de) Hauechrugge 1185 P 1292 Ipm
  • Hauekerigge, Hawekerugg' 1241 Ass
  • Aukerugg' 1275–6 RH
  • Hauekerugge 1284 Ass
  • Hawcredge 1571 SpecCom
  • Hawkeridge 1744 ArchJ
  • Hawkridge 1761 Rocque

Etymology

'Hawk ridge', v. h(e)afoc, hrycg . The name occurs also in So (DEPN).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement