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.

West Hays

Field in the Parish of Motcombe

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • ( la ) Westhey 1838 TA 1838 TA
  • West Haies 1609 LRMB

Etymology

West Hays((la) Westhey 1415, 1501, West Haies 1609, v.west,(ge)hæg, cf. East Hays supra)