Chorlton-cum-Hardy
suburban area
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable3 sources · historical forms · name elements
Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a compound name. 'Chorlton' likely means 'farmstead of the churls or peasants', from Old English 'ċorl' (freeman, peasant) and 'tūn' (farmstead, village). 'Hardy' refers to the de Hardy family who held the manor.
Word origins
- Chorl
- Old Englishfreeman, peasant(from ċorl "freeman, peasant")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead, village(from tūn "farmstead, village, estate")
- cum
- Latinwith(from cum "with")
- Hardy
- Norman Frenchfamily name(from de Hardy "from Hardy")
Historical forms
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