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Hardwick

Hardwick proper noun: a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP805192).

Proper noun

Hardwick (countable and uncountable, plural Hardwicks)

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

Forms of Hardwick

pluralHardwicks

Origin of Hardwick

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

Words formed from Hardwick

Questions about Hardwick

What does Hardwick mean?
Hardwick means a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP805192).
What part of speech is Hardwick?
Hardwick is a proper noun.

Words near Hardwick in the dictionary

  1. hardwater
  2. hardway
  3. hardways
  4. hardwear
  5. hardwearing
  6. Hardwick
  7. Hardwick with Tusmore
  8. Hardwick-with-Yelford
  9. Hardwicke
  10. Hardwickes
  11. Hardwicks

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