54 DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 



Ford; B. ffrd ; A.S. ford; F. forde ; a ford or road. Not to 

 be confounded with the Norse ^'tf;-^. ^SVd? \\orth. O.G. fur J. 



Garth; N. gar^r, corresponds to the A.S. yard; both denote 

 some place girded round or guarded. In compound words it 

 means an enclosed space, as kirk-gari/i, churchyard ; stakk-garth, 

 stackyard, etc. Alone it is a hay-yard (round the ricks) ; A.S. 

 geard, which we have in garden. 



Gill ; N. gii ; a deep narrow glen with a stream at the bottom. 



Grave; N. grif, grafar ; a pit, grave, trench. It denotes an 

 entrenchment. 



Hall; N. holl, stem hall ; A.S. heal ; hall. The dwelling of a 

 superior person. The ordinary private dwelling is called skdli, 

 eldhi'is, etc. 



Ham; N. Iiciin ; F. itaiii or hem; G. heiiii ; D, hjeiit ; home, 

 an abode, a village. 



Hay; N. hogi ; Fr. haie : a fenced pasture. 



Head ; N. hdfii'6 ; A.S. heafod ; D. hoeved ; S. hvfotid ; a head 

 or head-shaped thing, a headland. 



Hide; N. l.ei'^r ; D. hede ; S. hed ; G. heide ; a heath. 



Holm ; N. holinr ; an islet in a bay, lake, or river. Meadows 

 on the shore with ditches behind them are called holms. 



Hope : B. Incpp, a sloping place between hills ; or N. hop, a 

 lagoon. 



How; N. hai/gr, akin to hdr, high; D. ho)'; S. hog; a how, 

 mound. There was usually a how near the houses, from which 

 the master could look over his estate. It also means, in special 

 cases, a cairn over one dead. 



Hurst ; N. hrjdstr ; a barren rocky place. 



Keld; '^. kelda ; G. quelle; D. kilde ; S. kdlla ; N.E. keld ; 

 a well, spring. 



Ley or Lea ; N. lea, Ijd ; a mown meadow, a sheltered place 

 where the cattle lie, a meadow. 



Low; B. lagh ; A.S. hhxiv 'i a hill; or N. Idgar, a deep hollow 

 place ; Idgr, low lying land. 



Ness; N. nes ; A.S. nais ; G. nase, nose. A projection of land 

 into the sea or a lake, as Kata-nes (Caithness), Fornes (Furness). 



