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.

Hardhurst

Other OS name in the Parish of Wirksworth

Historical Forms

  • le Hardehirst 1415 DuLaMB
  • Hardhurste 1610 DuLa 1630 DuLaSC

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , le Hardehirst 1415DuLaMB , Hardhurste 1610DuLa , 1630DuLaSC , v. heard , hyrst .