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.

Hurlditch Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lamerton

Historical Forms

  • Whurueldych 1351 Ass
  • Wyrueldyche 1365 Ass
  • Whyrueldyche 1413 Ass
  • Hurueldych 1475–85 ECP2,220

Etymology

'Circular ditch,' v. hwyrfel , dic . The place is situated in a pan or circular hollow (J.J.A.), but the exact sense of dic is uncertain. Cf. on ða hwyrfeldic (BCS 670) and to hwerfeldice (KCD 705).