Etymology

Hardwick

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP805192). Full definition →

Old English heord
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromheord“herd”
  2. English todayHardwick

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

Words from the same roots

Old Englishheord all →

heardHardwicke

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.