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.

Hawerby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hawerby cum Beesby

Historical Forms

  • Hawardebi 1086 DB 1196 ChancR 1202 HarlCh 1202 Dugdvi
  • Hawardabi c.1115 LS
  • Hawardeb' 1238–41 Fees
  • Hawardeby 1244 RRG 1254 ValNor 1261,1271 FF 1275,1276 RH 1281 QW 1291 Tax 1295 Ass 1295 Ipm 1299,1300 Cl 1431 FA
  • Hawardiby 1241 RRG
  • Hawordeby Hy3 HarlCh 1311 Pat 1311 Ipm
  • Hawerdeby 1428 FA
  • Hauwardeby 1204 AddCh 1312 Fine
  • Houwerdeby 1312 Pat
  • Hawrth'bi 1204 P
  • Hawardb' 1238–41 Fees
  • Hawardby 1292 RSu 1299,1349 Pat 1356 FF 1370 Pat 1373,1375 Peace 1385 Pat 1395 AD 1438 Pat 1610 Speed
  • Hawarby 1526 Sub 1561 Pat
  • Howerby 1535 VEiv
  • Howerbie a1567 LNQv
  • Hawerby 1553,1554 Pat

Etymology

For 16th-18th century variants, v. Hawerby cum Beesby supra , and Orby Rd in North Thoresby f.ns. (a) infra .

'Hawarth's farm, village', from the ODan  pers.n. Hāwarth , ON  Hávarðr and . Presumably the same man gave his name to both the village and the wapentake in which it is situated, v. Haverstoe Wapentake supra .