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.

Heaseland, Heasewood Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Clayton

Historical Forms

  • boscus de la Hese 1202 Cur
  • Hese 1327 SR
  • Heseland or Heyswood 1589 SAC62,43
  • Heaselands al. Fieldes 1602 SAC43,11
  • Hayeswood Land 1629 SAC60

Etymology

These names contain the OE  hese, 'brushwood, underwood, etc.'