Etymology

Haywards Heath

Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3323). Full definition →

Old English hege + worð
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  1. Old English · derived fromhege + worð“enclosure with a hedge”
  2. English todayHaywards Heath

Recorded as Heyworth in 1261, from Old English hege + worð (“enclosure with a hedge”), and as Haywards Hoth in 1544.

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