Hartlebury
village · Worcestershire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Hartlebury likely means 'fortified place frequented by harts'. It combines 'hart' (heorot), 'leah' (woodland clearing), and 'burg' (fortified place).
Word origins
- Hart
- Old EnglishAttestedhart, stag(from heorot "hart, stag")
- le
- Old EnglishAttestedwoodland clearing(from leah "woodland clearing")
- bury
- Old Englishfortified place, town(from burg "fortified place, town")
Historical forms
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