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.

Oakhurst

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shenley

Historical Forms

  • Acersce 944–6 BCS812 13th
  • Ochers 1248 FF
  • Okersh c.1256 BM
  • Hokersse 13th ADiv
  • Okehurst t.Ed2 StAlbansO
  • Okehirst 1537 FF
  • Oakhurst al. Oakhirst 1828 Recov

Etymology

'Stubble land with oaks,' v. ac , ersc .