Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Owl-Hurst Lane 1819 Dow

• Holehurstishende 13 LRMB200 1611

• the Holehursthrinde 1270 Sheaf 17

• a common called Holehurst, Holehurst 1611 LRMB200 1620 Surv

• the Oule-hurst 1611 LRMB200

• a messuage known by the names of the Owzle Hole and Owlhurst 1791,1797 Dow

Etymology

Owl-Hurst Lane (lost), Owl -Hurst Lane 1819Dow , Holehurstishende 13 (1611) LRMB 200, the Holehursthrinde 1270 (17) Sheaf, a common called Holehurst , Holehurst 1611LRMB 200, 1620Surv , the Oule-hurst 1611LRMB 200, a messuage known by the names of the Owzle Hole and Owlhurst 1791, 1797Dow , 'wooded hill with a hollow in it, or overlooking a hollow', v. hol 1 , hyrst . The first el. was confused with ūle 'an owl', and a later name contains ōsle 'blackbird'. The thirteenth-century forms, from late copies, contain either hēafod 'head', or ende 1 'end', referring to a boundary-point between the woods of Bollington and the Forest of Macclesfield.