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.

Hide

Early-attested site in the Parish of Egleton

Historical Forms

  • Hide 1301 Cl 1316 Pat
  • Egilton Hyde 1312,1317 ib
  • Hida 1319 ib

Etymology

HIDE (lost), Hide 1301 Cl, 1316 Pat, Egilton Hyde 1312, 1317 ib, Hida 1319 ib, cf. de la Hide 1263Ass (p), 1335 Ipm (p), atte Hyde 1345(p), 1349 Fine (p)et passim to 1375 Pat (p), atte Hide 1346 Cl (p), 1346 Fine (p)et passim to 1375 Pat (p), ad Hydam 1296SR (p), 'the hide of land', v. hīd .