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.

Heath Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Church Broughton

Historical Forms

  • Hethouses, Heth(e)houses 1303 FF 1304 EveryCh 1306 Ass 1307 Ct 1324,1326 Fine
  • Heth(e)houses by Hatton 1363 Pat 1436 EveryCh
  • Heythhouses 1546 Middleton

Etymology

Heath Ho, Hethouses , Heth (e )houses 1303 FF, 1304EveryCh , 1306 Ass, 1307Ct , 1324, 1326 Fine et passim , Heth (e )houses by Hatton 1363 Pat, 1436EveryCh , Heythhouses 1546Middleton . 'Houses on the heath', v. hǣð , hūs . The heath itself was extensive as is indicated in numerous references particularly in EveryCh . Cf. also la Hethe 1265 Misc (p).