Harting, South, West
Major Settlement in the Parish of Harting
Historical Forms
- Heartingas 970 BCS1266 12th
- Hertingas 970 BCS1265 12th Box c.1200
- Hertinges, Hertingis, Hertynges 1086 DB c.1090 France 1180 P 1469 IpmR
- Hertingues 1194 France
- Herting(e), Hertynge 1195 FF 1252 Ch 1272 RH 1289 Ipm
- Estherting' 1196 FF
- Esthertlinge 1248 Ass
- Suthhertlinges 1248 Ass
- Suhthurtinge 1279 Ass
- Suthertyng 1281 Ass
- Westhertlinge 1248 Ass
- Westhertinges 1296 SR
Etymology
'The people of Heort,' v. ing and PN in -ing 59. For a name of this type, not actually on record, v. Hartlebury (PN Wo 245).The form Heart - is an error for Heort -. The plural form lingered specially late here owing to the existence of the four separate hamlets.