Harland Edge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Beeley
Historical Forms
- Harelundhegge John Beau
Etymology
Harland Edge, Harelundhegge JohnBeau . The first element in both cases may be hara 'hare', but the situation of the two on the parish boundary, which is also the hundred boundary, suggests rather that it is hār 2 . Hence 'boundary wood' and 'boundary grove' respec- tively, v. wudu , lúndr . To the latter has been added the topographical element ecg 'ridge'. For the interchange of lúndr and land , cf. Hasland infra 260.