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Market Harborough

town · Leicestershire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Market Harborough is named after its market status and the Old English personal name 'Herebeorht' and 'hām', meaning 'homestead'. It signifies 'Herebeorht's homestead', which later became a market town.

Word origins

Market
Old Englishmarket(from mearc(a)t "market")
Harborough
Old EnglishHerebeorht's homestead(from Herebeorht "personal name", hām "homestead")

Historical forms

Heneberge