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