208 r. MANNING PLACE-NAMES AND FIELD-NAMES 



and by Batchworth Heath into Ruislip parish, where there 

 is a Bury IStreet. 



Hillipers, 1854. 

 (0) Hochecroft, 1379 (Gesta, iii, 235). Kennett, in the Glossary 

 appended to his ' Parochial Antiquities,' gives " hoke, 

 a hook, nook, or corner," and the word is used in the same 

 way in a terrier of cir. 1730 at Water Stratford, Bucks; 

 " a Hook in Stop's Close." 



Holm Mede, 1260-1290 (Gesta, i, 479). A.S. holm, an island. 

 (L) Honey Croft, 1854. 



Houded Wood, 1803. 



How Field, 1803. An Edward How was an innkeeper at 

 Watford in 1636 (Taylor's ' Catalogue of Tavemes about 

 London '). 



Howard's Hill, 1854. A Francis Howard was married at 

 Bushey in 1684 (Kegister). 



Hulens, 1803. 



Hulls, 1854. I find a Matthew Hull of Watford in 1635 

 (H.G., i, 177). 

 (0) Huno:arys or Hungerlands. " Poor, unproductive, barren 

 soil ; North country " (H.P.). Cf. Starve Acre. 



Hunt's Piece, 1803. 



Innings, Great, 1854. Ainsworth gives "land reclaimed 

 from the sea " ; here it must be land reclaimed from 

 marsh or wood. 



Jacketts Toft, 1629. The name Jacott's Hill is still borne by 

 part of Cashiobury Park, where I have been able to trace 

 the old enclosures, and the marks of ridge and furrow, 

 pi'obably destroyed when the great avenue of lime-trees 

 was planted by Le Notre about 1689; the word "toft" 

 shows that there was a farmhouse here, probably that 

 whose foundations are still visible under the turf. Eliz. J. 

 of Bushey was married in 1639 (H.G., i, 217). Wm. J. 

 of Oxhey, 1545 (H.G., i, 228). 



Joan Field, 1854. 



Kingsland, 1629. This field is not far from what was once 

 the Royal Park at King's Langley. 

 (L) Kites, 1854. 



Lady's Close. Possibly the name of a field appropriated in 

 pre-Reformation times to the support of an altar to the 

 Virgin ; cf . Lady's Slipper and many common flower-names. 



LarkesHill, 1803. 



Leavesden. Levesden in Norden's Map, 1593; probably from 

 some A.S name, such as Lcofric or Leofwine ; a Leof wines- 

 dene occurs in Hants (Kcmble, ' Codex Diplomatietts,^ No. 763). 



Leggatt's Farm, 1854. 



Leggershot, 1803. " Lagger, a green lane or narrow strip of 

 ground ; West country " (H.P.) ; A.S. lecgan, to lay down. 

 Vide p. 201. 



Leight Field, 1803. 



