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.

Hurst Field

Other OS name in the Parish of Idridgehay and Alton

Historical Forms

  • le Hurst 1298 Ipm
  • hamelet' de Hurst Ed3 DuLa 1415 DuLaMB
  • Hurstfeld 1503 Ipm
  • Hurst Field 1836 O

Etymology

( lost ) , le Hurst 1298Ipm, hamelet ' de Hurst Ed 3DuLa , 1415DuLaMB , Hurstfeld 1503Ipm, Hurst Field 1836 O , ' wooded knoll ' , v. hyrst .