Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Herdewyk 1183 BB c.1320 BB [1183]c.1400(p),[1183]15th(p) Wills 1343 IPM 1349 GD 1399,1414

• Herdewyk' 1349 Spec 14th Ct

• Herdewic 1183 BB c.1382

• h'diwyk' 1360 Spec

• Herdewik juxta Nortone 1333 GD

• Herdwyke iuxta Norton 1360 GT

• h'dewyk' iuxta Norton' 1360 Spec

• Herdewyk(e) juxta Norton 1360 GT

• Herdewyk juxta Nortone 1372 GD

• Herdwyk next Norton 1341 IPM

• Herdwyk' iuxta norton 1414 Ct

• Herdwyk iuxta Norton 1439 GT

• Herwyk 1343 Wills

• Herdwyk 1366 Halm 1382 Hatf 1406 Pont

• Herdwik 1418 Lang

• Hardwick 1599 GD 1721,1723 HC/CB129/44

Etymology

'The herd farm', OE  heorde-wīc. A very common p.n. denoting that part of a manor devoted to livestock as distinct from the part devoted to arable which was frequently known as the bere -wīc .