Hardwick.
A common placename in England and the US:
Meaning & usage
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP805192).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Buckden parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1968).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL373587).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A northern suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4121).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A locality and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8675).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A village in Shelton and Hardwick parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM223900).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8569).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A northern suburb of Banbury, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4442).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A village in Hardwick with Tusmore parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5729).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A village in Hardwick-with-Yelford parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3705).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Todwick parish and Aston cum Aughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4886).
A common placename in England and the US: A number of places in England: A suburb of Streetly, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0798).
A common placename in England and the US: A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Kings County, California.
A common placename in England and the US: A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Baldwin County, Georgia.
A common placename in England and the US: A place in the United States: A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
A common placename in England and the US: A place in the United States: A minor city in Rock County, Minnesota.
A common placename in England and the US: A place in the United States: A township in Warren County, New Jersey.
A common placename in England and the US: A place in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Caledonia County, Vermont.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīċ (“village”). Compare Hardwicke, which shares the same etymology.
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