Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Herleg' 1212 Fees

• Herlegh' 1288 Ass

• Heortleghe (molendinam de Heortleghe) Hy3 Cerne 14

• bosco de Hertlegh(') 1223 Pat 1229,1231 Cl

• Hertlegh(') qui est infra metas fforeste de Blakemore 1280 Ass 1310 Ipm 1319 Cl 1327 SR 1341–2 GlastF

• in bosco regis de Hertl' extra parcum 1238 Cl

• Hertleghe 1272 Ipm

• Hertley(e) 1280,1288 Ass 1308–12 Ipm 1313 Cl 1615 DuCo

• Hertleygh in Blakemore 13 For 1288 FA 1412

• la Hertleye 1345 Pat

• Ertleg' 1226–8 Fees

• foreste de Hurtl' 1238 Cl

• Hertelegh 1244 Ass 1274 Ipm

• Herteley(e) 1268 Ass 1514 PlR 1535–43 Leland

• veterem portem de Hert(h)ele(y)gh(') Ed1 ForReg 15 Glast 1338–40

• Hartle(y)gh(') 1431 FA, Ct

• Hartle 1435 ib

• Hartley 1514 PlR 1615 DuCo

• Hartly 1575 PlR

• Harteleygh(') 1543,1544 PlR

• Harteley 1544 ib

• Hartele(i)ght (sic) 1545,1553 ib

• Hartleigh Homestead 1843 TA

Etymology

'Wood or woodland clearing frequented by harts or stags', from OE  heorot and lēah. This wood was within Blackmoor Forest (3 274), and indeed the references to molendinam ('mill') de Heortleghe and veterem portem ('the old gate') de Hert (h )ele (y )gh (') occur in the medieval bounds of the forest.