-hay (place name element)

-hay (also hays, hayes, etc.) is a place-name word-ending common in England. It derives from the Old English word hege[1] or haga,[2] Middle English heie,[3] in Icelandic hagi,[2] meaning "an enclosed field", and is from the same root as the English word "hedge", a structure which surrounds and encloses an area of land,[4] from the Norman-French haie, "a hedge".[5] Haw (from O.E. haga) and Hay (from O.E. hege) are cognate and both mean "hedge".[3]

Examples

  • Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, meaning "a fenced or hedged enclosure", here perhaps around an ancient cromlech or burial-mound.[1]
  • Pipe Hayes ("hedges"), Erdington.[6]

Derbyshire

In the vicinity of Derbyshire:

Devon

Exeter

In the vicinity of Exeter:

Tiverton

In the vicinity of Tiverton:

See also

Sources

  • Johnston, Rev. James B., The Place-Names of England and Wales, London, 1915, p. 147 [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Johnston, p.196
  2. ^ a b Johnston, p.147
  3. ^ a b Johnston, p.296
  4. ^ Johnston, Rev. James B., The Place-Names of England and Wales, London, 1915, p.147 [1]
  5. ^ Johnston, p.75
  6. ^ Johnston, p.402
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