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.

Hagthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hemingbrough

Historical Forms

  • Achetorp 1086 DB
  • Hakethorp 1251 Ass 1584 FF
  • Hakelthorp 1285 KI
  • Hakthorp 1353,1365 FF
  • Hag(g)thorp 1407 YD 1550 FF

Etymology

Hagthorpe is Achetorp 1086 DB, Hakethorp 1251 Ass (p)et passim to 1584 FF, Hakelthorp 1285 KI, Hakthorp 1353, 1365 FF, Hag (g )thorp 1407 YDet freq to 1550 FF. 'Haki 's village,' from the common OScand  pers. name Haki and þorp . Similar compounds are Norwegian Hagetorp (LindN), Swedish Hakarp , older Hakathorp (Lundgren-Brate), and Danish Hagerup (DaSN(F) 115). The name is found in ME  as Hake (ZEN 43).