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Cardenhurst

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • (terre appelle) Sprauston 1349 MinAcct 1400
  • Sprauston vel Cardenhurst 1398 ib
  • Sprouston 1350 MinAcct
  • (claus' de) Sprowston, Sprowston vel Cardenhurst 1507 ib
  • Sperston vel Cardynhurst(e) 1422,1423 MinAcct
  • Sperston vel Cardynghurst(e) 1443,1507 ib
  • Sperston vel Cardinghurst(e) 1514 ib
  • terra et pratum vocat' Sperston vel Gardynghurst 1487 ib
  • (pastura de) Coldynghurst 1487 MinAcct
  • (clausa de) Sproston, Sproston vel Cardenhurst 1514 MinAcct
  • Farthest Cardenhurst & Midle Cardenhurst, the Litle Carden 1651 LRMB278

Etymology

'Sprow's farm', from the OE  pers.n. Sprow (Redin 35), v. tūn .The later name contains hyrst 'a wood, a hill', but the origin of the first el. is uncertain. Analogy with Carden 325infra is topographically unlikely. It may be the gen.sg. of a wk.masc. OE  pers.n. *Carda as in Cardington Sa (DEPN s.n. Cardeston). It is probably 'marsh valley', v. kjarr , denu . The 'marsh valley' may be the depression occupied by Park Moss infra (101-660817). Garnersgate Lane (101- 653817 to 653813) may contain Cardenhurst and gata , 'lane to Cardenhurst pasture-allotment'.

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Places in the same Parish

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Early-attested site