50 DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 



Hartington. — (D.D.B. Hortedvn.) — A.S. heorot, heort — a stag, a hart, 



and A.S. dun — a hill, a mountain ; — the hart's hill. 

 Hartle. — (D.D.B. Hortel, Hortil.) — A.S. heorot, heort — a stag, a hart, and 



A.S. till, til — a station ; — the hart's station. 

 Hartshorn. — (D.D.B. Heorteshorne.) — A.S. heorot, heort — a stag, a hart, 



and A.S. hyrne, hirne — an angle, a corner ; — the hart's corner. 

 Haselberge. — A.S. hassel, haesl — the hazel, and A.S. beorg, beorh — aheap, 



a heap of stones, a barrow, a place of burial ; — the barrow by the hazel. 



Beorg and beorh also denote a rampart, citadel, fortification ; and it is 



frequently impossible to determine whether these suffixes originally indi- 

 cated a fortification, or a sepulchral mound. 

 Haslebach or Haslebadge. — (D.D.B. Heselebec.) — A.S. hsesel, hsesl — 



the hazel, and N. beckr, base (A.S. becc) — a brook ; — the hazel brook. 



Both the Domesday and present forms of the postfix are derived from the 



same root. 

 Hassop. — (D.D.B. Hetesope.) — The initial syllable— as would seem from the 



Domesday orthography — is from the A.S. heorot, heort — a stag, a hart. 



The postfix is from the C. hwpp — the side of a hill or a slope. The hart's 



slope or bank. 

 Hathersage.— (D.D.B. Hereseige.) — A.S. hseth — heath or heather, and 



A.S. ecg, ecge — an edge ; — the edge of the heath. 

 Hatton. — (D.D.B. Hatune, Hatvn.) — The initial syllable is as in Haddon, 



q.v. ; — the suffix is A.S. tun — a town ; — Hadda's, or the heather town. 

 Hayfield.— (D.D.B. Hetfelt.) — A.S. hage, haga— a hedge, or that which 



is hedged in, an enclosure, and A.S. feld, fild — a field, pasture, plain ; 



— the enclosed field or plain. 

 Hazlewood. — A.S. hassel, hsesl — the hazel, and A.S. wudu, wude — a 



wood, a forest ; — the hazel wood. 

 Heage. — A.S. heag, heage, heah, hean, hig, hih — high, lofty, sublime, 



chief, noble, excellent. This place-name was probably originally a 



compound word, the terminal member being now lost. 

 Heanor. — (D.D.B. Hainoure. ) — A.S. heag, heage, heah, hean, hig, hih — 



high, and A.S. ofer — a bank, brink, ridge ; — the high ridge. 

 Heathcote.— (D.D.B. Hedcote.)— A.S. haeth— Jieath, heather, and A.S. 



cote, eyte — a cot or cottage ; — the cottage on the heath. 

 Heights of Abraham. — It is stated by Davies in his " Derbyshire," 



that it is supposed that the hill at Matlock received its name from its 



resemblance to the Heights of Abraham near Quebec. 

 Hertishorn. — The derivation is the same as Hartshorn, q.v. 

 HighloW- — A.S. heag, heage, heah, hean, hig, hih — high, lofty, sublime, 



chief, noble, excellent, and A.S. hlsew, hlaw, low — a hill, an elevation, 



a rising tract of ground, also a heap, grave, barrow, tumulus; — the lofty, 



chief, or noble hill or barrow. 



