Hulwerk
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ramsden
Historical Forms
- Hulwerk' 1300 Wych
- Ramsden Heath als. Hulwerk 1641 Wych
- de la Helworck, de Helwer' 1250 Cl
- del Hulwerk 1278–9 RH
Etymology
Hulwerk (only on 1″ map) is Hulwerk '1300 Wych, Ramsden Heath als. Hulwerk 1641 Wych. There was also a family surnamed de la Helworck , de Helwer '1250 Cl, del Hulwerk 1278–9 RH, which evidently took its name from here. The name means 'earthwork on a hill,' and its occurrence on the O.S. map is due not to the survival of the name but to Mr O. G. S. Crawford's investigations of the earthworks in this region, which he described in Antiquity , September 1930, pp. 303–15. For another occurrence of the term, cf. “a place of land called le Hulwerk” t. Ed IIpm in Stoke Bruern (Nth).