Etymology

Haverhill

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Today it means: A market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district, on the border with Essex (OS grid ref TL6745). Full definition →

Old English *hæfera
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The story

  1. Old English · derived from*hæfera“oats”
  2. English todayHaverhill

From either Old English *hæfera (“oats”) or hæfer (“billy (goat)”) + hyll (“hill”).

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