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.

Nuthurst

Major Settlement in the Parish of Nuthurst

Historical Forms

  • æt Hnuthyrste, on Hnuthyrste, Hnuthyrste 704–9 BCS123 c.1000 BCS534 872 11th
  • Nutehyrste t.John BM 1224 Ch
  • Nuthehurste 1221 Ass
  • Nutherste 1232 Ass
  • Notehurste 1221 Ass 1440 Pat
  • Nothirst 1318 ib

Etymology

'Nut wood,' v. hyrst .

Places in the same Parish

None