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.

Hatchetleys

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornborough

Historical Forms

Hachgate c.1240 Thornb101

Hatchetleys c.1825 O

Etymology

'Hatch-gate,' used of a wicket-gate or of a sluice-gate.v. NED s.v.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Thornborough

Early-attested site