Hardwick
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Hardwick means 'the farmstead or village associated with a hard or difficult path'. It can also refer to a farmstead belonging to a man named Heard.
Word origins
- heard
- Old EnglishAttestedhard, difficult(from heard "hard, difficult")
- wic
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead, village, dwelling(from wic "farmstead, village, dwelling")
Historical forms
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