Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hurdleston 1278 Ipm 1547 Orm2

• Hyrdeleston 1305 ChF

• Hird(e)leston 1347 BPR

• Herdeleston 1391 AddRoll

• Hordeleston 1419,1425 ChRR

• Hurleston 1325 Plea

• Hurlestan 1658 Wil

• Herlaston 1328 Cl 1390 ChRR

• Harlaston 1390 1382 Chol 1403,1409 ChRR

• Huldelston 1432 AddCh

• Hurleton 1441 ChRR

• Hurleton 1545 Plea

• Hurdelton 1442 ChRR 1448,1473 ib

• Hudleston 1506 AD

• Hurdeston 1531 AD

• Hurdleston 1325 (1420) AddRoll 6278

Etymology

'Enclosure made of hurdles' or 'with a hurdle', v. hyrdel , -es 2 , tūn , cf. Hurdsfield 1106. Professor Löfvenberg suggests that the first el. in these p.ns. may be an OE  *hyrdels (< PrGer *hurðislaz ) 'a hurdle', which might have existed by the side of OE  hyrdel like OE  gyrdels beside OE  gyrdel 'a girdle'. Ekwall (DEPN) is misleading upon this name. The spelling Hurdlaston 1325 in DEPN 258 is an error copied from BM 1 390, for Hurdleston 1325 (1420) AddRoll 6278, and should not be used as the basis of etymology.