-Hay (place name element)
-hay (also hays, hayes, etc.) is a place-name word-ending common in England. It derives from the Old English word hege[1] or haga,[2] Middle English heie,[3] in Icelandic hagi,[4] meaning "an enclosed field", and is from the same root as the English word "hedge", a structure which surrounds and encloses an area of land,[5] from the Norman-French haie, "a hedge".[6] Haw (from O.E. haga) and Hay (from O.E. hege) are cognate and both mean "hedge".[7]
Examples
- Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, meaning "a fenced or hedged enclosure", here perhaps around an ancient cromlech or burial-mound.[8]
- Pipe Hayes ("hedges"), Erdington.[9]
Devon
Exeter
In the vicinity of Exeter:
- Floyer Hayes
- Northern Hay
- Southern Hay
- Shill Hay
- Fryers Hay
- Bon Hay
Tiverton
In the vicinity of Tiverton:
- Moor Hayes, Cullompton
- Passmore Hayes
- Buck Hayes
- Rashleigh Hayes
- Gorn Hay
- Wid Hayes
- Moor Hayes, Washfield
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See also
- Hayes (surname), sometimes derived from this topological source
References
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