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.

Heath

Early-attested site in the Parish of Warmfield

Historical Forms

  • Heth(e) 1153–60 Nost14 1297 LS 1379 PT 1516 WillY 1532 FF
  • le Heth' 1486 MinAcct
  • Bruera 1252 Ebor
  • Heyth 1565 FF
  • Heath(e) 1568 Arm 1587 FF 1741 PRCrf

Etymology

Heath, Heth (e )1153–60Nost 14, 1297 LS, 1379 PT, 1516 WillY, 1532 FF, le Heth '1486MinAcct 66, Bruera 1252 Ebor, Heyth 1565 FF, Heath (e )1568 Arm, 1587 FFet passim to 1741 PRCrf. v. hǣð 'heathland' (Lat. brueria ); it is still heathland.