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.

Hargate Manor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hilton

Historical Forms

  • (le) Herd(e)wik(e), (le) Herd(e)wic, (le) Herd(e)wyk(e) c.1141 Tutbury 1219 FF 1301 EveryCh
  • del Herd(e)wik(e) 1303 1305 1547 MinAcct
  • Hardwick(e) 1566 EveryCh 1641 Moulton 1648 Derby
  • Hargate Manor 1767 Burdett

Etymology

Hargate Manor, (le ) Herd (e )wik (e ), (le ) Herd (e )wic , (le ) Herd (e )wyk (e )c. 1141Tutbury , 1219 FF, 1301EveryCh , del Herd (e )wik (e )1303 ib (p), 1305 ibet passim to 1547MinAcct , Hardwick (e )1566EveryCh , 1641 Moulton, 1648Derby , Hargate Manor 1767 Burdett. 'Herd farm', v. heorde-wīc. The late interchange of wīc and geat or gata is unusual.