English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hardicanute's Moat

Early-attested site in the Parish of Taplow

Historical Forms

  • Hurceleye 1276 RH
  • Herteleye 1299 Ipm
  • Hertle 1338 Pat
  • Hartley Court Mote 17th VCH

Etymology

v. heorot , leah for the first part of this name. The whole name is now corrupt. It is also sometimes corrupted to Harlequin's moat (VCH ii. 30).

Places in the same Parish