Hesket Newmarket
Early-attested site in the Parish of Caldbeck
Historical Forms
- Eskhevid c.1230 HolmC
- Eskeheued c.1250 HolmC 1305 Ipm 1399 IpmR
- Eskheved 1308 Ipm
- Eskheuid 1340 GDR
- Hesket 1523 FF 1610 Denton
- Heskethe 1560 Cocker
- Hesket in the parish of Coldbeck 1742 PR
- Hesket New Market 1751 CW(OS)xiii
- Hesket…a market town 1777 NB
- Eskett 1543 CWxiv
- Eskate 1565 Brayton
Etymology
It is clear that this name is a hybrid compound of esk from ON eski , 'place overgrown with ash trees,' and OE hēafod, 'head, hill.' This was reduced to Esket and then, in the 16th century, assimilated in spelling to Hesket in the Forest supra 199. It is not known when the right to hold a market here was granted.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Fairy Bridge
- High Row
- Parkend
- Wath
- Caldbeck Fells
- Crook Bank
- Faulds
- Fell Side
- Flat
- Gillfoot
- The Green
- Hare Stones
- Harrison Ho
- Hazelhurst
- Norman
- Pasture Lane
- Pikeless Gate
- Potts Gill
- Ratten Row
- Red Scar
- Rough Close
- Scalerigg Ho
- Snab
- Stotgill
- Street Head
- Toothill
- Haltcliff Bridge
- Askew Mire
- Bannest Hill
- Biggards
- The Bog
- Brackenriggs
- Burblethwaite
- Calebrack
- Clay Gap
- Height
- Howk
- Hudscales
- Hutton Sceugh
- Intack
- Knott
- Linewath
- Longlea
- Lonning Foot and Head
- Matthew Rudding
- Moor Ho
- Nether Row
- Townend
- Woodhall
- Woodhall Park
- Dyke Nook
- High
- Paddigill
- Townhead