Northaw
Major Settlement in the Parish of Northaw
Historical Forms
- sylvam quae dicitur North Haga 1077–93 Gesta
- Northaga 1151–66 ib
- Northawe t.Ric1 Ch 1301
- Norhage 1200 Cur
- boscum de la Northaga 1201 FF
- nemus de Norhag 1201 Abbr
- Northagh 1222 Pat
- Northhagh 1287 Ass
- (pro) bosco de Norhal' 1161 P
- Norhala 1387 Walden
- Northaw al. Northall t.Jas1 ECP
- Northall 1750 K
- Suthag wood t. Ric 1 (1301) Ch
- Southawe 1432 Wills
Etymology
'North enclosure or enclosed wood,' v. haga . All this area was part of the dense forest on the Middlesex border and is still well wooded. North in distinction from a lost Suthag wood t. Ric 1 (1301) Ch, Southawe 1432 Wills, in East Barnet to the south.