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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hyde End

Other OS name in the Parish of Brimpton

Historical Forms

  • Hyde Ende or Hyde Place wherein the said John Hyde now dwelleth 1620 SpecCom
  • Hide End 1761 Rocque

Etymology

, Hyde Ende or Hyde Place wherein the said John Hyde now dwelleth 1620SpecCom ,Hide End 1761 Rocque ; this estate was held by the family of Hyde from at least the 16th cent. (VCH iv, 54) ; Robert de la Hide , mentioned 1340 Cl in connection with land in Midgham , Woolhampton and Bucklebury , may have come from here , v. hīd .