English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hartleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckland Filleigh

Historical Forms

  • Hierlega 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Herlege
  • Hertlegh' 1242 Fees772
  • Hurtlegh 1281 DA 1333 SR
  • Hurtelegh 1326 Ipm 1384 BM

Etymology

'Hart-clearing,' v. leah .

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