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.

Hatch Farm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Heath and Reach

Historical Forms

  • la Hacche 1287 Ass

Etymology

v. hæcc . To judge by the situation the reference was rather to a gate than to a sluice or weir.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement