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.

Hertingfordbury

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hertingfordbury

Historical Forms

  • Herefordingberie 1086 DB
  • Hertfordingber' 1212 Fees 1511 FF
  • Hertfordingeberi 1220 Fees 1247 ADiii
  • Hertfordingebyre 1248 Ass 1266 FF
  • Hertfordingebury 1303 FA
  • Hertfordingesberi 1248 ADiii
  • Hertfordynggeberi 1309 Ipm
  • Hertefordingbury 1279 Pat
  • Hertforthingbir' 1280 Ass
  • Herfordingbury 1313 Pat
  • Hartyngfordbury 1507 FF
  • Hertingfordburi 1535 VE

Etymology

'Stronghold of the people of Hertford,' v. burh and ing , with late transposition of the ing -syllable.