Haleacre Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Great and Little Missenden
Historical Forms
- Halligar Wood 1826 B
Etymology
The modern form is probably artificial, at least in the pronunciation it suggests. As the wood is on the side of a steep hill the second element may be hangra and we may, for the phonetic development, compare Binegar (So). Equally possible, as Ekwall suggests, is OE healf -æcer , 'half-acre.' v. æcer .