Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hyde 1285 FA 1374 Pat 1402 Pat 1404 Pat

• Hide 1288 Ass 1664 HTax

• Hyda 1291 Tax

• La Hyde cum Strafford 1316 FA

• the Hyde 1476 Cl

• Hide Stratford 1696 DCMCt

• Upr Hide 1774 Hutch1

• Lr Hyde, Upr Hyde, Hyde Heath 1811 OS

• Hyde Green 1845 TA

• Stretford 1327 SR 1332 SR

Etymology

Hyde Ho (SY 870905), Middle Hyde Dairy, Hr Hyde Heath, Lr Hyde Heath, Hyde 1285 FA, 1374 Pat, 1402 Pat, 1404 Pat et passim .Hide 1288Ass , 1664 HTax, Hyda 1291 Tax, La Hyde cum Strafford 1316 FA, the Hyde 1476 Cl, Hide Stratford 1696DCMCt , Upr Hide 1774 Hutch1, Lr Hyde , Upr Hyde , Hyde Heath 1811 OS, Hyde Green 1845TA , v. hīd 'a hide of land'; Lr Hyde is now Hyde Ho, Upr Hyde is now Woodlands infra . This tithing in Barrow hundred (1285 FA, 1664 HTax, 1795 Boswell, etc.) seems to be identical with that called Stretford in 1327SR , 1332 SR, cf. the forms cited from 1316 FA and 1696DCMCt , v. strǣt , ford . The ford was no doubt on R. Piddle or Trent, perhaps where it is crossed near Hyde Ho by the Bloxworth-Wool road which may then be the strǣt referred to; the nearest Roman road is four miles NW of Hyde Ho.