Ewhurst
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ewhurst
Historical Forms
- Iuherst 1179 RegAntiquiss
- Iwirste, lwerste 1206 Cur
- Iuerst 1223 Pat
- Iwhurst 1253 Ch c.1430 ECP
- Uhurst 1298 FF
- Ywrst 1389 Winton
- Ewerste 1207 Merton
- Ewehurst 1462 SACxviii
- Ewerst 1489 BM
- Ywehurst 1208 Cur
- Iweherst 1225 Ass
- Ywehurst c.1242 Merton
- Yweherst 1272 FF
- Houeherst 1223 Pat
- Yeoherst 1493–1500 ECP
- Ihurst 1279 Ass c.1310,1342 BM
- Highhurst 1789 LandC 1816 O.S.
Etymology
'Yew-wood or wooded hill,' v. hyrst . Cf. Ewhurst (PN Sx 518). Aubrey (iv, 8) notes “the vast quantities of Ewe trees which formerly abounded here, but are much diminished in these few years.”