Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hortedun 1086 DB

• Hurtendun 1203 Ch 1272

• Hertendone e.13th AddCh

• Hertendone iuxta Cotes 1247 1281 Ass

• Hertindon(e), Hertyndon(e), -don(e) 1231 Tutbury 1251 Ch 1252 FF 1269 Ass 1372 Gaunt

• Herting-, Hertyng-, -don(e), -doun 1244 FF 1269 Ass 1274 Rydeware 1431 FA

• Hertenton 1254 Misc

• Hertington, Hertyngton, -ton 1306 Ass 1380 Gaunt 1559 Lanc

• Hurtyngton 1379 Fine

• Hartington, Hartyngton, -ton 1541,1556,1564 Lanc

Etymology

Probably 'Heorot's hill', v. –ing 4 , dūn . The suggestion that the first el. is heorot 'hart, stag' is improbable grammatically; the persistent medial -en - and -ing - is most unlikely as a non-etymological intrusion. For the later confusion of dūn and tūn , cf. Cronkston Grange infra 365. For Cotes , cf. Cotesfield infra 365.