Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hurlei 1086 DB

• Hurtlea 1167 P

• Hurtlegh' 1220 Fees 1241 Ass

• Hurtleg' 13th ReadingC(2)

• Hurtley Batayle, Hurtley Du'mer', Hurtleye Pelitot 1294 SR

• Hurtleghe 1316 FA

• Hurtlebatayl c.1346 InqMisc

• Hurtleye Amys, Hurtleye Dommere, Hurtleye Peletot 1361 BM

• Hurtele Dunimere 1428 FA

• Hertlega 1167 P 1185 RR 1490 RentSur

• Hertelega 1177,1185 P

• Herthlegh' 1284 Ass

• Hereteley 1409 BM

• Herteley 1412 1515 RentSur

• Hertele Donimere 1428 FA

• Herleg' 1198 P

• Hartley 1517 DInc

• Harteley Amys, Hartley Domar 1552 LRMB

• Hartley Court 1659,1661,1670 PubLib

• Hartley Battell, Hartley Dommer, Hartley Ownys, Hartley Pollicotts 1752 ArchJ

• Hartley Dammer 1801 Census

• Hurlei 1086 DB

Etymology

'Hart wood or clearing', v. heorot , lē(a)h. The same name occurs in Do, Ha, K and So.

The complicated manorial history of the place is discussed in VCH iii, 262–3. There were various manors: Hartley Dummer (where Richard de Dunmere held one hide in the first half of the 13th), Hartley Battle (also one hide, held Hy 3 by the Abbot of Battle), Hartley Amys and Hartley Pellitot (one hide here was held by Amys de Peletot Hy 3, and another by a kinsman of his). Hurlei 1086 DB is assessed at 2 hides, and may represent these last two holdings, although the rubric puts it in Reading Hundred.