Haywards Heath

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3323).

OriginOld English hege + worð →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3323).

Origin

  1. Old Englishhege + worð“enclosure with a hedge”
  2. EnglishHaywards 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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APA

Haywards Heath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haywards%20Heath

MLA

“Haywards Heath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haywards%20Heath. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Haywards Heath,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haywards%20Heath.

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