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.

Heskett(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Long Preston

Historical Forms

  • Neyther Heskett 1629 YASMd
  • Heskett lower & Heskett Over 1684 Glebe
  • lower Heskitt 1657 YASMd

Etymology

( lost ) , 1841TA , Neyther Heskett 1629YAS Md 207, Heskett lower & Heskett Over 1684Glebe , lower Heskitt 1657YAS Md 207 , ' horse racecourse ' , v. hestr , skeið , a frequent p.n .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site