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.

Hormead

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great and Little Hormead

Historical Forms

  • Horemede 1086 DB 1297 Pat
  • Parva Horemede 1248 FF
  • Horemade 1197 ADiii 1236 Fees
  • Magna Horemade 1240 RBE 1277 FF
  • Hormad(e) 1204–12 Fees 1329 Ipm
  • Magna Hormad(e) 1303 FA
  • Little Hormad(e) 1461 Pat
  • Parva Hormede 1210–12 RBE
  • Horesmede 1274 Cl
  • Grete Hornemeade 1583 DeedsEnrolled

Etymology

'Dirty meadow (land),' v. horu , mæd .

Places in the same Parish

None