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.

Haycroft Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swyncombe

Historical Forms

  • Heycrofte 1243 FF 1278–9 RH
  • la Heycrofte 1278–9 RH
  • Heycroft 1351 Ipm

Etymology

Haycroft Wood (6″) is (wood called) Heycrofte 1243 FF, 1278–9 RH (p), la Heycrofte 1278–9 RH (p), Heycroft 1351 Ipm. 'Hay croft,' v. hēg . Cf. Heycroft Shaw in Nuffield 135.