Hardley
village · Hampshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Hardley means 'the clearing or pasture in the hard ground'. It is derived from 'heard', meaning hard, and 'lēah', meaning a clearing or woodland pasture.
Word origins
- heard
- Old EnglishAttestedhard(from heard "hard")
- lēah
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing, woodland pasture(from lēah "clearing")
Historical forms
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