Hakeford
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoke Rivers
Historical Forms
- Hakeford(e) 1242 Fees761 1319 Exon 1329 DA 1345 Ass
Etymology
This is a difficult name. Blomé (9) may be right in associating it with OE haca , 'bolt,' originally 'hook,' used in some topographical sense, here of a thick tongue of land.A personal name Hac (c )a is also possible. Cf. Haycroft infra 116.