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.

Hurst Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marbury Chapelry

Historical Forms

  • Horshale 1304 Chamb
  • Horsale 1312 Plea
  • Horshal 1335 ChRR
  • Horsall 1330 Chol 1624 Wil 1845 ChetOSviii
  • Horshall 1595 ChRR
  • Horhshall 1673 Sheaf
  • Hurst Hall 1842 OS

Etymology

'Horse nook', v. hors , halh (dat.sg. hale ). The two els. have been replaced by hyrst and hall . The identification is suggested in Sheaf3 39 (8411), because Hurst Hall and Horshall were seats of the Bickerton family.