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.

Shefford Hardwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Shefford Hardwick

Historical Forms

  • Herd(e)wik 1227 Ass
  • Herdewich 1227 Ass
  • Herdwyk juxta Sheford E2 Orig

Etymology

v. heordewic . It is clearly a pastoral settlement from the manor of Shefford.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site