The Place Names of
Hartley This is a list of all the place names known to exist at or before the time of the Tithe survey of 1844. |
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Field (* Other) Name |
Farm/ |
Date |
Notes |
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Barn Field |
Stocks Farm |
1844 | Adjoins barn belonging to farm |
Barn Field |
Woodins |
1844 | Adjoins barn belonging to farm |
Bassedene |
Mintmakers |
1495 | Basedeane (1604), name now lost; was name given to 4 acre field by Cherry Trees and also to whole holding. |
Bazes Shaw |
Bazes Shaw |
1473 | Veyseys Grove (1473, will of Thomas Cotyer). Named after Alarus Veysyn (fl 1288) who bought it from Walter Blodiner (Assize Case) |
Bay Lodge* |
Bay Lodge |
previously called The White House. Origin uncertain. |
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Bear Field |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1726 | Name lost by 1844 |
Bear Haus |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1726 | Name lost by 1844 |
Birchet Field |
1609 | mentioned in will of William Kipps (1609), name now lost but associated with Gossy Croft. c17th - clay being dug there. |
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Black Lion* |
Black Lion |
1748 | Black Lyon (1748, will of Richard Glover) |
Black Lion Field |
Black Lion |
1844 | Field belonging to Black Lion |
Blue House Farm |
Mintmakers |
c19th name for Mintmakers |
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Bottom Field |
Pennis |
1844 | Descriptive? |
Brick Kiln Field |
Hartley Court |
1844 | Bricks usually made locally |
Bridence |
Hartley Court |
1392 | Bridon (1392) = bri + down |
Chantry Field |
Chantry Field |
1557 | Channtrye Croft (1557) |
Culvey Down |
Pennis |
1541 | Culverdon (1541) = cowslip down? |
Castle Hill* |
1937 | (approx date). Erroneous name based on belief manor house by Fawkham Church was a castle. |
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Cating Croft |
Hartley Court |
1844 | Croft is an enclosed piece of land near house, especially arable |
Court Croft |
Hartley Court |
1392 | Cutcroft (1392) |
Crabbs Bottom |
Hartley Court |
1844 | |
Crabbs Bank |
Hartley Court |
1844 | |
Care Field |
Mintmakers |
1604 | Care Hill (1604) |
Chalkfield |
Fairby |
1590 | Chalkenfield (1590); Chalkfield (1657). Probably part of 20 acre field called Eight Acres in 1844. Name is no doubt descriptive from its appearence when ploughed. |
Chapel Wood (Field) |
Fairby |
1657 | After old chantry chapel in wood |
Chuckle Field |
Mintmakers |
1844 | |
Church Field |
Hartley Court |
1844 | Field nearest Hartley Church |
Church Lands |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1515 | Churches Landes (1515 conveyance): "all those lands, tenements, meadows, lesnes, woods and pastures..... called Churches Landes". Often rent from field of this name assigned to charity (or tithes?) |
Daltons* |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1608 | IPM Thomas Walter. By 1726 it was also called Hartley Wood Farm. Named after family of that name who lived in Hartley in c14th and 15th |
Dawsland |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1726 | Apparently owned by John Dawe (d 1499). 3 Fields making up identical acreage mentioned in his will. |
Dunchins |
Middle Farm |
1541 | in 1844 this was called Hays Field |
East Eolly |
Hartley Court |
1392 | Eyleye (1392) = Ey + clearing |
East Haws |
New House Farm |
1844 | Old English haya = enclosure (cf Hayes below) |
Elynden |
Fairby |
1541 | name now lost, in 1844 field part of "Eight Acres"; could this be Old English "ellen-denu" = elder valley; Ellenden Gosse (1590) |
Fairby* |
Fairby |
1420 | Named after John Feeby of Hartley (fl 1420) |
Forge Field |
Forge Cottage |
1844 | Name taken from house |
Four Acre Field |
Stocks Farm |
1844 | In 1844 this field was 9 acres, but apparently merged with one of Hartley Wood Corner's fields |
Foxborough Wood |
Hartley Court |
1844 | = fortified place where foxes are; animal name + borough common combination, not necessarily any fortification implied. |
Foxborough Lane* |
1930 | (approx date) Former name for Grange Lane, named after wood on west side. |
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Goldsmiths Shaw |
Goldsmiths |
1844 | After William Goldsmith (d 1803); Shaws are strips of woodland dividing farms |
Goodwins Cottage* |
Whiffins Cottage |
named after c19th tenants |
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Gorse Wood |
Hartley Court |
1608 | Hartley Gosse (1608). Name is descriptive |
Gossy Croft |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1609 | = Gorsey Croft |
Grange Lane* |
1946 | erroneous name based on misreading of map (should be Orange Lane, after Orange Hill opposite eastern end of road) |
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Grub Piece |
Fairby |
1657 | Name now lost. Probably part of 20 acre field called Eight Acres in 1844. |
Grub Piece |
Hartley Court |
1844 | ? New take from Hartley Woods |
Grub Street |
1801 | ? Street infested with worms |
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Gudges Field, little |
Longfield Rectory |
1844 | |
Gunner Field |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1844 | |
Haddocks |
Mintmakers |
1604 | huttock (1604) = haycock?. Concical piece of hay in field, OED: word first noted 1470. |
Haley Shaw |
? after "Hugh de Holeway" in 1278 Assize (hollow way - Hartley Hill?) (Wallenberg) |
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Harrys Haw |
Fairby |
1604 | ? Parrys Haw |
Hartley |
1086 | heort + leah (hart + clearing) |
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Hartley Bottom Farm* |
Hartley Bottom Farm |
c20th name - formerly called the Kings Arms |
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Hartley Cottage* |
Hartley Cottage |
1920 | Earlier names not known |
Hartley Court* |
Hartley Court |
1596 | The Court Lodge (1596, will of Thomas Cripps) |
Hartley Field |
Hartley Field |
1844 | |
Hartley Hill Cottage* |
Hartley Hill Cottage |
descriptive, but no early reference |
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Hartley Hole (Field) |
Fairby |
1541 | Hartley Holt (1541) - Old English "holt" = wood |
Hartley Laine |
1657 | ||
Hartley House* |
Hartley House |
Called Hartley Cottage in c19th, changed name before 1920 when Hartley Cottage on Green acquired that name |
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Hartley Wood Farm* |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1726 | 1726 Conveyance; previously called Daltons, cn to Hartley Manor in 1860s. |
Hayes* |
Woodins |
1452 | Le Hayes (1452, will of John Cotyer); from Old English "haia" = enclosure |
Hays Field |
Woodins |
1844 | OE haia = enclosure. Hayes was former name of Woodins, this field formerly called Dunchins (1541), then Poores Croft (1604) |
Headings Field |
Middle Farm |
1624 | could this be connected to "head(land)", where plough turned in common fields |
Hie Land |
Hartley Wood Farm? |
1499 | ? now part of Dawsland; presumably descriptive |
Hoeslands |
Hartley Court |
1844 | apparently "spur-lands" (OE hoh, dat hoe - spur of land) |
Hoggs Dean |
New House Farm |
1844 | |
Home Field |
Middle Farm |
1844 | Field nearest farm |
Horsenails (upper/lower) |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1726 | Name lost by 1844 |
Hotts Field |
New House Farm |
1692 | Great and Little Holts/Hotts (will of Thomas Burrowe - 1692); holt = wood (Old English) |
King's Arms* |
Hartley Bottom Farm |
1780 | Now Hartley Bottom Farm. Pub existed since at least 1750, license lost in 1872. |
Kitchen Cratt |
Middle Farm |
1624 | Kitchen Croft - land cultivated for domestice purposes |
Kitchen Field |
North Ash Farm |
1844 | see Kitchen Croft above |
Kytfelde |
Hartley Wood Farm? |
1499 | ? now part of Dawsland. Could be named after kite bird. |
Lome Pet |
Perrymans Croft |
1473 | Mentioned in will of Thomas Cotyer (1473) = ? lime pit |
Long Bottom |
Goldsmiths |
1844 | Descriptive |
Lower Barn Field |
New House Farm |
1844 | field adjoining barn |
Lower Glebe Field |
Longfield Rectory |
1844 | Field belonging to rectory |
Lower Meadow |
Fairby |
1844 | descriptive |
Lymekillcroft |
Fairby |
1590 | ? Lime kiln croft. By 1844 this field had been incorporated into Netherfield |
Lyemkill Spring |
Fairby |
1590 | A spring is a strip of woodland like a shaw. By 1844 this had been incorporated into Seven Acre Field |
Middle Farm |
Middle Farm |
As there is no good early reference to the name, its provenance is uncertain |
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Morrells Croft |
Woodins |
1604 | 5 acres. Morrice Croft (1657 deed). Changed name to Platt Field between 1657 and 1844 |
Nether Field (& Hill) |
Fairby |
1657 | one of furthest fields from Fairby |
New House Farm* |
descriptive name, but no early reference. |
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Northfield |
Hartley Court |
1392 | Fragment of former open field? Gets its name from the fact that it is further north than the other open field "The Rede". Apparently included the land that is now Hartley Wood as this is called Northfield too in 1576 and 1608 |
Northlands |
Middle Farm |
1844 | descriptive |
Nutfield (Great/Little) |
Fairby |
1604 | name now lost |
Parrys Croft |
Fairby |
1604 | could this be named after John Parysse (d 1451), who owned unidentified land in Hartley? |
Perrymans Croft |
Perryman's Croft |
1557 | Peryman's (1557) |
Pitt Field, upper/lower |
New House Farm |
1844 | probably due to fact site has a history of dene holes |
Platt Field |
Woodins |
1844 | Formerly called Morrells Croft. Plot/Small Plot |
Plotfield |
Fairby |
1604 | name now lost |
Poem Field |
Middle Farm |
1624 | Panefield (1624) |
Poores Croft |
Woodins |
1604 | 5 acres. Changed name to Hays Field by 1844 |
Pickle Yard, Little |
Middle Farm |
1624 | "Pightell" - small enclosure; field also called "The Strake" |
Red Houses* |
Brickend |
1844 | descriptive, former name for Brickend |
Rede, the |
1392 | one of original open fields. From Old English "rod" = clearing (cf Ridley) |
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Roundabout |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1844 | Field surrounded by wood |
Rye Croft |
Fairby |
1590 | Probably from crops grown there |
St John's Lane* |
no pre c20th reference. Origin unknown, but possibly somehow linked with the St Peter's former name for Mintmakers, more or less at end of road. |
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St Peter* |
Mintmakers |
1604 | Former name for Mintmakers |
Shaw Field |
New House Farm |
1844 | From Old English sceaga = wood at edge of field |
Shrimpling Spring |
Fairby |
1657 | Name now lost, 2 acre wood between Rye Croft and Netherfield. Possibly connected to Middle English "shrimp" = diminutive or puny person (rarely thing)? |
Soalefeld |
1515 | Conveyance: "all that croft of land called Soalefeld containing.... 6 acres in the parish of Hartley beside Longfield Court. Name now lost, but description would place it within Hottsfield. Possibly some charitable connection here, perhaps rents applied for charitable purposes 'for the good of the soul'. |
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Stableris |
Hartley Wood Farm? |
1499 | ? now part of Dawsland |
Steely Field |
Hartley Wood Farm |
1726 | OED = looking like steel or corn, especially barley, brittle as steel |
Steep Hill* |
descriptive name. Now called Castle Hill for most part. |
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Stirrup |
Middle Farm |
1624 | |
Stocks Farm* |
Stocks Farm |
1451 | John Cotyer of "le Stokke" (1451); Stockhill (1576, IPM of Robert Gens). Old English "stocc" = stock, trunk (often associated with woodland clearance, but might be village stocks too) |
Thorps Land |
Whiffins Cottage |
1844 | after owner in 1844 (Richard Thorp) |
Upper Meadow |
Fairby |
1844 | descriptive |
Valley, the |
Fairby |
1657 | descriptive. Called Seven Acre Field in 1844. |
Valley, the |
Hartley Court |
1844 | descriptive |
Valley Field |
Pennis |
1844 | descriptive |
Well Field |
Woodins |
1604 | descriptive? |
West Field |
Hartley Court |
1844 | descriptive |
Westlands (Wood) |
Fairby |
1541 | Westfield (1541) - one of Hartley's most westerly fields |
Whiffins Cottage* |
Whiffins Cottage |
named after c19th tenant |
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Woodfield |
Hartley Wood Corner |
1844 | Field adjoins Hartley Wood and may be new take from it |
Yew Cottage* |
Yew Cottage |
descriptive, but no early reference to the name. |
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Yew Tree Field |
Mintmakers |
1604 | Yewfeild (1604) - presumably after tree in field |