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.

Hardest

Other OS name in the Parish of Kingwater

Historical Forms

  • the herde hirst 1589 ExchKR
  • Hardhirste 1603 Gilsland
  • Hardist 1755 PR(Laner)
  • Hardest 1832 Boothby

Etymology

is the herde hirst 1589ExchKR , Hardhirste 1603 Gilsland, Hardist 1755 PR (Laner), Hardest 1832Boothby . v. hyrst .