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.

Hayes

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hayes

Historical Forms

  • (on) linga hæse 793 BCS265
  • Hæse 831 ib
  • Haes 1248 SelectPleas
  • Hyse 832 BCS402 12th
  • Hesa 1086 DB
  • Hese 1232 Ch 1516 FF
  • Heyse 1229 Bracton 1498 FF
  • Heese 1456 PCC 1541,1561 FF
  • Heesse c.1500 StarChamber 1570 Ct
  • Hease 1504 FF
  • Hesse al. Hayse 1565 BM
  • Heese al. Hayes 1643 HMCvi
  • Heys 1498 FF 1682 Morgan
  • Hayes 1524,1560 FF
  • Hayse 1551 ib
  • Hayes al. Hese 1648 Recov

Etymology

This is OE  hese, 'brushwood,' etc. The country round here was formerly open land overgrown with bushes, shrubs and rough undergrowth. linga remains an unexplained addition.

Places in the same Parish