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.

Hurtlehill Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rock

Historical Forms

  • Hortle 1275 SR 1340 NI
  • ate Hurtle 1332 SR

Etymology

'Stag-clearing,' v. heorot , leah , a clear example of the reduction of final ley to syllabic l , cf. similarly Marcle (He).