Hardwick
suburban area · Norfolk
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Hardwick means 'hard farmstead' or 'difficult farmstead'. It could refer to a farm that was hard to cultivate or access, or perhaps a farm belonging to someone named 'Heard'.
Word origins
- Hard
- Old EnglishAttesteddifficult, strong(from heard "hard, difficult")
- wick
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead, settlement(from wic "dwelling, farmstead")