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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.

Hartswood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Herteswode t.Hy2 AddCh c.1220 BM 1332 SR
  • Herteswude 1241 Ass
  • Hurteswode 1322 Ipm
  • Harteswood parke 1593 SrWills

Etymology

Hartswood is Herteswode t. Hy 2AddCh (p), c. 1220 BM, 1332 SR (p), Herteswude 1241Ass (p), Hurteswode 1322 Ipm, Harteswood parke 1593 SrWills. 'Hart's wood,' or 'wood of a man named Heart .' Cf. Hartshurst supra 279. Hartswood is in a detached part of the parish.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement