Hardwick

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP805192).

OriginOld English heord →
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Meanings

proper nounHardwick (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwicks)

plural Hardwicks

  1. A common placename in England and the US:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP805192).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Buckden parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1968).
    3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL373587).
    4. countableuncountableA northern suburb of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4121).
    5. countableuncountableA locality and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8675).
    6. countableuncountableA village in Shelton and Hardwick parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM223900).
    7. countableuncountableA village and civil parish (without a council) in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8569).
    8. countableuncountableA northern suburb of Banbury, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4442).
    9. countableuncountableA village in Hardwick with Tusmore parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5729).
    10. countableuncountableA village in Hardwick-with-Yelford parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3705).
    11. countableuncountableA hamlet in Todwick parish and Aston cum Aughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4886).
    12. countableuncountableA suburb of Streetly, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0798).
    13. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Kings County, California.
    14. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Baldwin County, Georgia.
    15. countableuncountableA town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    16. countableuncountableA minor city in Rock County, Minnesota.
    17. countableuncountableA township in Warren County, New Jersey.
    18. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Caledonia County, Vermont.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishheord“herd”
  2. EnglishHardwick

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

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Cite this entry
APA

Hardwick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hardwick

MLA

“Hardwick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hardwick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hardwick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hardwick.

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