Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Harewod(edisc) 1357 ChFor

• Harewod(e) 1503 ib

• Harwood Hill 1816 Sheaf

• Harewood Hill 1842 OS

• Olerton Harewod 1357 ChFor

• Alretone 1086 DB

Etymology

Harewood-Hill, Harrow Hill (109–5467), Harewod (edisc )1357ChFor , Harewod (e )1503ib , Harwood Hill 1816 Sheaf, Harewood Hill 1842 OS, perhaps 'the grey wood', v. hār 2 (wk.obl. hāran ), wudu ; but the first el. could be hara 'a hare' or even hær 'a rock'. Cf. Primrose Hill infra . Harewood is also named Olerton Harewod 1357ChFor , 'Harewod at, or belonging to, Olerton '. Olerton is 'alder-tree farm' from alor and tūn , which suggests that the lost Alretone 1086 DB 263b (Dudestan Hundred) might have been located here, cf. Ollerton Mdw 300infra in the adjoining township of Utkinton, v. 160, 185supra .