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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hearthcote Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Church Gresley

Historical Forms

  • Hedcote 1086 DB 1298 Ipm
  • Hetcota 1150–9 Burton
  • Hetcote 1280 ib
  • Hath(e)cote 1285,1309 Ch 1330 Ass 1330 QW 1348 Cor 1535 Val
  • Warde Hath(e)cote 1410 DuLa
  • Heth(e)cote 1298 Ipm 1330 Ass 1334 RylPhCh
  • Heth(e)kote 1350 Cor
  • Warde Heth(e)cote 1544–7 ECP
  • Heythcoate 1549 DbAxxvii

Etymology

'Heath cottage', v. hǣð , cot . For Warde - cf. William le Warde de Hathecote 1330Ass and Stanton infra 659.

Places in the same Parish