English Explanatory Dictionary

Hardwick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A common placename in England and the US:
  2. A number of places in England:
  3. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP805192).
  4. A hamlet in Buckden parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1968).
  5. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL373587).
  6. A northern suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4121).
  7. A locality and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8675).
  8. A village in Shelton and Hardwick parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM223900).
  9. A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8569).
  10. A northern suburb of Banbury, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4442).
  11. A village in Hardwick with Tusmore parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5729).
  12. A village in Hardwick-with-Yelford parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3705).

Word forms

Hardwick Hardwicks

Etymology

From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīċ (“village”). Compare Hardwicke, which shares the same etymology.

Derived words

East Hardwick Hardwick with Tusmore Hardwick-with-Yelford Kempston Hardwick Kites Hardwick Priors Hardwick Shelton and Hardwick West Hardwick
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