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.

Hurston

Other OS name in the Parish of Chagford

Historical Forms

  • Hurteston 1340 SR
  • Hurstonridge 1731 FF

Etymology

is Hurteston 1340SR (p), Hurstonridge 1731FF . Either ' farm of the hart ' or ' Heort 's tun , ' taking Heort to be a pers. name .