Axborough Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wolverley
Historical Forms
- Heasecan beorh 866 BCS514 11th BCS1134 964 11th
- Hatchbury Hill c.1830 O
Etymology
No OE name Heaseca is on record, but such diminutive formation from the adj. h (e )aso , 'grey,' is quite possible and has its parallel in a series of names Has (u )o , Hasig , Hesiko , Hasilo given by Förstemann (PN 787) as from this same stem. Hence 'Heaseca's hill,' v. beorg .