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.

Harpit

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wanborough

Historical Forms

  • Horput 1249 Ass
  • Horeputte 1270 Magd 1275 RH
  • Horputte 1282 ADvi
  • Horepette 1287 FF
  • Horpitt 1649 Ct

Etymology

Harpit is Horput 1249Ass , Horeputte 1270Magd (p), 1275 RH (p), Horputte 1282 AD vi, Horepette 1287FF , Horpitt 1649 Ct.'Dirty pit or hollow,' v. horh , pytt . It may be the blacan pytt of BCS 477.