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.

Hayes Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Belbroughton

Historical Forms

  • usque hesam sub domum Adam de la Haye 1255 FF

Etymology

v. hese . The reference is to woodland country near a forest 'hay' (v. (ge)hæg) belonging to one Adam .