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.

Hesketh Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Felixkirk

Historical Forms

  • Hesteskeith, Hesteskeid 1153–9,1154–63 Riev
  • Heyscayth 1268 Ch
  • Heskayth 1273 Riev 1293 QW
  • Hesketh 1538 Riev 1579 FF

Etymology

v. hestr , skeið and IPN 90