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.

Harpson

Early-attested site in the Parish of Knowstone

Historical Forms

  • Herbertyston, Herberdeston 1270 Ass
  • Herbyston 1526 CtRequests
  • Herberston 1550 AOMB

Etymology

'Herbert 's farm,' v. tun . A Walter Herbert was one of the jurors of South Molton Hundred in 1281 (Ass ), and Herberd , a Continental pers. name, occurs already in Devon c. 1100 (Earle 257).

Places in the same Parish