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.

Hesketh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bracewell

Historical Forms

  • Heskett c.1530 Star 1584,1601 PRGis

Etymology

Hesketh, 1705 PRGis, Heskett c. 1530 Star, 1584, 1601 PRGis.'Horse race-track', v. hestr , skeið , a fairly freq. Scand p.n.