Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Herdwic 1229 Pat

• Herewic 1248 Ass 1254,1264 Pat

• Herewyk 1253 Ch

• Herewyz 1254 Ass 1265 Abbr 1281 Pat

• Herewik 1267,1283 Pat

• Herewiz 1273,1294 Cl 1326 Pat

• Herewych(e) 1285 FF 1294 Cl 1297 Misc 1298 Pat 1308 EHRxl

• Herewycum ib.

• Herewich 1314 ChancW

• Herewys 1321 Misc

• Herwic(o) 1264,1285 Pat

• Herwyc 1269 Ipm

• Harewyche 1470 Pat

Etymology

'Army-dwelling,' v. here , wic . In view of the invariable retention of the d of heordewic in the numerous Hardwick names, the first form must be regarded as an error. Remains of a camp survived in the time of Morant (i, 499) and, as Professor Dickins suggests, we may have reference to a camp of the Danish here on one of its raids. See also VCH i, 285.