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.

Hardmead Lock

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Amwell

Historical Forms

  • Hardmad 1374 AddCh
  • Hardmaddyche 1386 WAM

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Hardmad 1374AddCh , Hardmaddyche 1386WAM , v. mæd .