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.

Harding's Leigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chawleigh

Historical Forms

  • Hardewinesl(e)gh 1242 Fees783
  • Hardeneslegh 1292 Ipm
  • Hurdyngeslegh 1481 IpmR

Etymology

'Heardwine 's clearing,' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement