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.

Hardwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Herdewic e.Hy3 Rut
  • Herdwic e.13 Hy3 BelCartB e.15
  • Herdewyk' 1252 BelCartA e.14 Comp 1425
  • Herdwyke 1253 Rut
  • Herdwyk 1292 BelCartB e.15 1374 Comp e.15 1437
  • Hardewic 13 BelCartB e.15
  • Hardewyk 1374 e.15 ib
  • Hardewik 1531 Comp

Etymology

'The herd farm', v. heorde-wīc.