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.

Hazel Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shere with Gomshall

Historical Forms

  • Heselholte 1241 Ass 1263 Ass
  • Heselolte 1304 AD
  • Hasilholt t.Ed4 Ct
  • Haselholt 1677 Rental

Etymology

Hazel Hall is Heselholte 1241Ass , 1263Ass (both p), Heselolte 1304AD , Hasilholt t. Ed 4Ct , Haselholt 1677Rental . 'Hazel wood,' v. holt , with later corruption. Cf. Hazel Hall (K), Hæsl holte BCS 1132, (to ) hæselholte BCS 1322 (KPN 293). So similarly Birch Hall in Hertingfordbury (Herts) is Bircholt 1208 Abbr, 1221FF , Birchholt 1316–25 AD i.