Hasland

Hasland, Derbyshire

Hasland, in the Scarsdale Hundred of Derbyshire, is an Anglo-Scandinavian compound from Old English hæsel ‘a hazel-tree’ and Old Norse lundr ‘a small wood’. Earlier forms of the place-name such as Heselunt and Heslond show influence from Old Norse hesli ‘hazel-wood’.

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Viking Names

Keywords

Derbyshire, hybrid name, landscape, place-name

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References

Kenneth Cameron, The Place-Names of Derbyshire II. English Place-Name Society Volume XXVIII  (1959), p. 260.