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.

Priors Hardwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Priors Hardwick

Historical Forms

  • Herdewyk 1043 KCD916 17th
  • Herdewiche 1086 DB 1194 Cur 1195 P
  • Herdewyk Priour 1310 ADiv
  • Prioures Herdywyk 1401 ADiv
  • Herdwike c.1048 KCD939 17th
  • Herdwic 1236 FF 1316 FA
  • Herdewyke Prior or Hardewyk Prior 1488 Pat
  • Hardewyk 1535 VE
  • Prioris 1558 BM
  • Priory in 1043 (KCD 916)

Etymology

v. heordewic . The manor was granted to Coventry Priory in 1043 (KCD 916).

Places in the same Parish

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