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.

Hawkbatch

Early-attested site in the Parish of Upper Arley

Historical Forms

  • Auchebech a.1172 MagnumRegistrumAlbum
  • Haukebache, Hawkebach 1360–1398 LyttCh 1535 VE 1547 Pat
  • Howkebaiche 1551 BM

Etymology

OE  heafoca -bæc , 'hawks' stream or valley,' v. heafoc , bæc .