Hagden Lane
Early-attested site in the Parish of Watford
Etymology
Hagden Lane (6″). Cf. Hakedellecroft 1333Cassio , Hagdellefeld ib., Hakdelcrofte 1427 ib., Hakdell croft 1485 ib., Hackdelcrofte 1556AOMB , Hagdell 1606Rental . The same name is found in Hitchin (supra 11), in modern field-names (infra 269, 278, 284, 287) and in Hagdell 1608 Lansdowne in Berkhamsted, Hagdell 1594SP in St Peters. Probably all these names are compounds of OE haca , 'bend,' etc. and dell , referring to a valley with a sharp bend or turn. Cf. further Hackbridge (PN Sr 41) and Hackfleet (PN Ess 209). For interchange of denu and dell , v. 252–3.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Hare Fm
- Merlins Wood
- Money Hill
- Nascott
- Newhall Fm
- Newhouse Fm
- Newlands Fm
- Penmans Green
- Redhall
- Redheath
- Rousebarn Fm
- Sandy Lodge
- Watford Bridge
- Watford Mill
- Belsize Fm
- Heath Fm
- Stanborough
- Broadfield
- Buckshill
- Callipers Hill
- Callowland Fm
- Cole Kings
- Colney Butts
- Commonwood
- Eastbury
- Fortunes Fm
- Frith Wood
- Gullett Wood
- Highstreet Fm
- Waterdell Ho