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Hartpury

village · Gloucestershire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Hartpury likely means 'port or landing place frequented by harts'. It combines 'hart' (heorot) with 'port' (landing place).

Word origins

Hart
Old Englishhart, stag(from heorot "hart, stag")
pury
Old Englishport, landing place(from port "port, landing place")

Historical forms

Herthebirie