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.

Hursey

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burstock

Historical Forms

  • Herstanesheia 1201–2 FF 13 Forde 15
  • Herstaneshey(e) 1268 Ass 1426 Hutch3
  • Herstenesheie 1202 Forde 15
  • Hersteneshegh(') t.John? AddCh 1386 FF
  • Herstenesheye 1268 Ass 15 Forde
  • Hersteneshege 1288 Ass
  • Herstenehot (sic) 1251–2 Fees
  • Hertesnes(h)eye (sic) 1268 Ass
  • Herstoneshey(e), Herstonesheie, Herstoneshegh', Herstoneshagh' 13 Forde 15
  • Herstoneshey 1259 15 ib
  • Herstonesleg' 1203 RC
  • Hestoneshegh' 1336 Forde 15
  • Hursteneshe(i)gh(') 13 Forde 15 Cl 1413
  • Hurstenes (h)eye 1288 Ass 1311 FF
  • Hurstenesheys 1450 IpmR
  • Hu(r)stenesthegh', Hu(r)stenestheye (sic) 1280 Ass
  • Hurstensey, Hurstenseleghe (sic) 1413 IpmR
  • Hurstoneshey 1422 Ct
  • Hurstonhay 1535 VE
  • Hurstoneshay or Hurstenhay 1774 Hutch1
  • Herstingeseye 1268 Ass
  • Herteneshegh' 1338 Forde 15
  • Herteneshay al' Horsey 1505 Pole
  • Hursey 1839 TAMap

Etymology

'Heorstān's enclosure', from (ge)hæg and the OE  pers.n. Heorstān (Searle 291).