Haverah Park
Major Settlement in the Parish of Haverah Park (extra parochial)
Historical Forms
- (parco de) Haiwra, (parco de) Heywra, (parco de) Haywra 1227 Cl 1257 Ch 1280 Ebor 1298 Cl 1303 MinAcct 1518
- la Haye Heywra 1330 Pat
- Hayra 1336 BM
- Haywraa 1546 MinAcct
- Hayray 1551 KnaresWill
- Hawray 1301 YI
- Hawro 1437 Pat
- Hawwraa (parke) 1482 Hrg
- Hawry Park 1612 Cause
- Hawraa 1649 MinAcct
- Averaie Park 1563 WillY
- Hawera als. Havera 1638 BM
- Haver(r)ey Park, Haver(r)ay Park 1564 KnaresWill 1643 Few
- Havera Parke 1632 PRHmp
- Havry Park 1700 ib
Etymology
This was one of the parks of the Forest of Knaresborough (77supra ); v. park . The name is a compound of OE (ge)hæg 'hunting enclosure' and ON vrá 'a nook or corner of land'. There was frequently confusion in YW of (ge )hæg and OE haga 'enclosure' (cf. Phonol. § 3), and since the latter appears either as haigh or haw the variation was sometimes extended to (ge )hæg . The later form Haverey is unusual, but apparently represents a substitution of hafri 'oats', which is common in f.ns. It may be noted that on purely formal grounds the first element could (as in Hay-a-Park 113supra ) be OE hēg 'hay', and refer to a place where hay was made for the maintenance of the deer of the Forest.