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.

Hyde Lea

Early-attested site in the Parish of Castle Church

Historical Forms

  • Hida 1224 StoneCh
  • Le Hyde, La Hyde, Hide c.1255 RH 1267,1327 Pat 1250 Banco 1554 FF 1448 MinAcct 1725 Egerton
  • Hide Cope(n)hale, Hide Cope(n)hall 1485 Cl 1516 FF
  • Hydecopynhall 1503 Ipm
  • manor of Hyde or Hyde-Coppenhall 1628 CtWards 1631 Ipm
  • Hyde lee 1448 MinAcct
  • le Hyde Lea als Hydeley 1601 QSR
  • Hyde Ley 1775 Yates
  • Hide Ley 1836 O
  • Hideleyes iuxta Coppenhale 1439 MinAcct 1460 StaffAcc

Etymology

'The hide of land, the amount of land for the support of one free family and its dependants', v. hīd . The addition of lēah 'woodland clearing' occurs comparatively late.