The Place Names of Hartley

This is a list of all the place names known to exist at or before the time of the Tithe survey of 1844.

Field (* Other) Name

Farm/
Holding

Date

Notes

Barn Field

Stocks Farm

1844

Adjoins barn belonging to farm

Barn Field

Woodins

1844

Adjoins barn belonging to farm

Bassedene

Mintmakers

1495

Basedeane (1604), name now lost; was name given to 4 acre field by Cherry Trees and also to whole holding.

Bazes Shaw

Bazes Shaw

1473

Veyseys Grove (1473, will of Thomas Cotyer). Named after Alarus Veysyn (fl 1288) who bought it from Walter Blodiner (Assize Case)

Bay Lodge*

Bay Lodge

 

previously called The White House. Origin uncertain.

Bear Field

Hartley Wood Farm

1726

Name lost by 1844

Bear Haus

Hartley Wood Farm

1726

Name lost by 1844

Birchet Field

  1609

mentioned in will of William Kipps (1609), name now lost but associated with Gossy Croft. c17th - clay being dug there.

Black Lion*

Black Lion

1748

Black Lyon (1748, will of Richard Glover)

Black Lion Field

Black Lion

1844

Field belonging to Black Lion

Blue House Farm

Mintmakers

 

c19th name for Mintmakers

Bottom Field

Pennis

1844

Descriptive?

Brick Kiln Field

Hartley Court

1844

Bricks usually made locally

Bridence

Hartley Court

1392

Bridon (1392) = bri + down

Chantry Field

Chantry Field

1557

Channtrye Croft (1557)

Culvey Down

Pennis

1541

Culverdon (1541) = cowslip down?

Castle Hill*

  1937

(approx date). Erroneous name based on belief manor house by Fawkham Church was a castle.

Cating Croft

Hartley Court

1844

Croft is an enclosed piece of land near house, especially arable

Court Croft

Hartley Court

1392

Cutcroft (1392)

Crabbs Bottom

Hartley Court

1844  

Crabbs Bank

Hartley Court

1844  

Care Field

Mintmakers

1604

Care Hill (1604)

Chalkfield

Fairby

1590

Chalkenfield (1590); Chalkfield (1657). Probably part of 20 acre field called Eight Acres in 1844. Name is no doubt descriptive from its appearence when ploughed.

Chapel Wood (Field)

Fairby

1657

After old chantry chapel in wood

Chuckle Field

Mintmakers

1844  

Church Field

Hartley Court

1844

Field nearest Hartley Church

Church Lands

Hartley Wood Farm

1515

Churches Landes (1515 conveyance): "all those lands, tenements, meadows, lesnes, woods and pastures..... called Churches Landes". Often rent from field of this name assigned to charity (or tithes?)

Daltons*

Hartley Wood Farm

1608

IPM Thomas Walter. By 1726 it was also called Hartley Wood Farm. Named after family of that name who lived in Hartley in c14th and 15th

Dawsland

Hartley Wood Farm

1726

Apparently owned by John Dawe (d 1499). 3 Fields making up identical acreage mentioned in his will.

Dunchins

Middle Farm

1541

in 1844 this was called Hays Field

East Eolly

Hartley Court

1392

Eyleye (1392) = Ey + clearing

East Haws

New House Farm

1844

Old English haya = enclosure (cf Hayes below)

Elynden

Fairby

1541

name now lost, in 1844 field part of "Eight Acres"; could this be Old English "ellen-denu" = elder valley; Ellenden Gosse (1590)

Fairby*

Fairby

1420

Named after John Feeby of Hartley (fl 1420)

Forge Field

Forge Cottage

1844

Name taken from house

Four Acre Field

Stocks Farm

1844

In 1844 this field was 9 acres, but apparently merged with one of Hartley Wood Corner's fields

Foxborough Wood

Hartley Court

1844

= fortified place where foxes are; animal name + borough common combination, not necessarily any fortification implied.

Foxborough Lane*

  1930

(approx date) Former name for Grange Lane, named after wood on west side.

Goldsmiths Shaw

Goldsmiths

1844

After William Goldsmith (d 1803); Shaws are strips of woodland dividing farms

Goodwins Cottage*

Whiffins Cottage

 

named after c19th tenants

Gorse Wood

Hartley Court

1608

Hartley Gosse (1608). Name is descriptive

Gossy Croft

Hartley Wood Farm

1609

= Gorsey Croft

Grange Lane*

  1946

erroneous name based on misreading of map (should be Orange Lane, after Orange Hill opposite eastern end of road)

Grub Piece

Fairby

1657

Name now lost. Probably part of 20 acre field called Eight Acres in 1844.

Grub Piece

Hartley Court

1844

? New take from Hartley Woods

Grub Street

  1801

? Street infested with worms

Gudges Field, little

Longfield Rectory

1844  

Gunner Field

Hartley Wood Farm

1844  

Haddocks

Mintmakers

1604

huttock (1604) = haycock?. Concical piece of hay in field, OED: word first noted 1470.

Haley Shaw

   

? after "Hugh de Holeway" in 1278 Assize (hollow way - Hartley Hill?) (Wallenberg)

Harrys Haw

Fairby

1604

? Parrys Haw

Hartley

  1086

heort + leah (hart + clearing)

Hartley Bottom Farm*

Hartley Bottom Farm

 

c20th name - formerly called the Kings Arms

Hartley Cottage*

Hartley Cottage

1920

Earlier names not known

Hartley Court*

Hartley Court

1596

The Court Lodge (1596, will of Thomas Cripps)

Hartley Field

Hartley Field

1844  

Hartley Hill Cottage*

Hartley Hill Cottage

 

descriptive, but no early reference

Hartley Hole (Field)

Fairby

1541

Hartley Holt (1541) - Old English "holt" = wood

Hartley Laine

  1657  

Hartley House*

Hartley House

 

Called Hartley Cottage in c19th, changed name before 1920 when Hartley Cottage on Green acquired that name

Hartley Wood Farm*

Hartley Wood Farm

1726

1726 Conveyance; previously called Daltons, cn to Hartley Manor in 1860s.

Hayes*

Woodins

1452

Le Hayes (1452, will of John Cotyer); from Old English "haia" = enclosure

Hays Field

Woodins

1844

OE haia = enclosure. Hayes was former name of Woodins, this field formerly called Dunchins (1541), then Poores Croft (1604)

Headings Field

Middle Farm

1624

could this be connected to "head(land)", where plough turned in common fields

Hie Land

Hartley Wood Farm?

1499

? now part of Dawsland; presumably descriptive

Hoeslands

Hartley Court

1844

apparently "spur-lands" (OE hoh, dat hoe - spur of land)

Hoggs Dean

New House Farm

1844  

Home Field

Middle Farm

1844

Field nearest farm

Horsenails (upper/lower)

Hartley Wood Farm

1726

Name lost by 1844

Hotts Field

New House Farm

1692

Great and Little Holts/Hotts (will of Thomas Burrowe - 1692); holt = wood (Old English)

King's Arms*

Hartley Bottom Farm

1780

Now Hartley Bottom Farm. Pub existed since at least 1750, license lost in 1872.

Kitchen Cratt

Middle Farm

1624

Kitchen Croft - land cultivated for domestice purposes

Kitchen Field

North Ash Farm

1844

see Kitchen Croft above

Kytfelde

Hartley Wood Farm?

1499

? now part of Dawsland. Could be named after kite bird.

Lome Pet

Perrymans Croft

1473

Mentioned in will of Thomas Cotyer (1473) = ? lime pit

Long Bottom

Goldsmiths

1844

Descriptive

Lower Barn Field

New House Farm

1844

field adjoining barn

Lower Glebe Field

Longfield Rectory

1844

Field belonging to rectory

Lower Meadow

Fairby

1844

descriptive

Lymekillcroft

Fairby

1590

? Lime kiln croft. By 1844 this field had been incorporated into Netherfield

Lyemkill Spring

Fairby

1590

A spring is a strip of woodland like a shaw. By 1844 this had been incorporated into Seven Acre Field

Middle Farm

Middle Farm

 

As there is no good early reference to the name, its provenance is uncertain

Morrells Croft

Woodins

1604

5 acres. Morrice Croft (1657 deed). Changed name to Platt Field between 1657 and 1844

Nether Field (& Hill)

Fairby

1657

one of furthest fields from Fairby

New House Farm*

   

descriptive name, but no early reference.

Northfield

Hartley Court

1392

Fragment of former open field? Gets its name from the fact that it is further north than the other open field "The Rede". Apparently included the land that is now Hartley Wood as this is called Northfield too in 1576 and 1608

Northlands

Middle Farm

1844

descriptive

Nutfield (Great/Little)

Fairby

1604

name now lost

Parrys Croft

Fairby

1604

could this be named after John Parysse (d 1451), who owned unidentified land in Hartley?

Perrymans Croft

Perryman's Croft

1557

Peryman's (1557)

Pitt Field, upper/lower

New House Farm

1844

probably due to fact site has a history of dene holes

Platt Field

Woodins

1844

Formerly called Morrells Croft. Plot/Small Plot

Plotfield

Fairby

1604

name now lost

Poem Field

Middle Farm

1624

Panefield (1624)

Poores Croft

Woodins

1604

5 acres. Changed name to Hays Field by 1844

Pickle Yard, Little

Middle Farm

1624

"Pightell" - small enclosure; field also called "The Strake"

Red Houses*

Brickend

1844

descriptive, former name for Brickend

Rede, the

  1392

one of original open fields. From Old English "rod" = clearing (cf Ridley)

Roundabout

Hartley Wood Farm

1844

Field surrounded by wood

Rye Croft

Fairby

1590

Probably from crops grown there

St John's Lane*

   

no pre c20th reference. Origin unknown, but possibly somehow linked with the St Peter's former name for Mintmakers, more or less at end of road.

St Peter*

Mintmakers

1604

Former name for Mintmakers

Shaw Field

New House Farm

1844

From Old English sceaga = wood at edge of field

Shrimpling Spring

Fairby

1657

Name now lost, 2 acre wood between Rye Croft and Netherfield. Possibly connected to Middle English "shrimp" = diminutive or puny person (rarely thing)?

Soalefeld

  1515

Conveyance: "all that croft of land called Soalefeld containing.... 6 acres in the parish of Hartley beside Longfield Court. Name now lost, but description would place it within Hottsfield. Possibly some charitable connection here, perhaps rents applied for charitable purposes 'for the good of the soul'.

Stableris

Hartley Wood Farm?

1499

? now part of Dawsland

Steely Field

Hartley Wood Farm

1726

OED = looking like steel or corn, especially barley, brittle as steel

Steep Hill*

   

descriptive name. Now called Castle Hill for most part.

Stirrup

Middle Farm

1624  

Stocks Farm*

Stocks Farm

1451

John Cotyer of "le Stokke" (1451); Stockhill (1576, IPM of Robert Gens). Old English "stocc" = stock, trunk (often associated with woodland clearance, but might be village stocks too)

Thorps Land

Whiffins Cottage

1844

after owner in 1844 (Richard Thorp)

Upper Meadow

Fairby

1844

descriptive

Valley, the

Fairby

1657

descriptive. Called Seven Acre Field in 1844.

Valley, the

Hartley Court

1844

descriptive

Valley Field

Pennis

1844

descriptive

Well Field

Woodins

1604

descriptive?

West Field

Hartley Court

1844

descriptive

Westlands (Wood)

Fairby

1541

Westfield (1541) - one of Hartley's most westerly fields

Whiffins Cottage*

Whiffins Cottage

 

named after c19th tenant

Woodfield

Hartley Wood Corner

1844

Field adjoins Hartley Wood and may be new take from it

Yew Cottage*

Yew Cottage

 

descriptive, but no early reference to the name.

Yew Tree Field

Mintmakers

1604

Yewfeild (1604) - presumably after tree in field