Hardwick

.Hardwick and Hardwicke are common place names in England - This is from the Old English pre 7th century word "heorde", meaning a herd or flock", with "wic", which like the later Viking word "thorp" described an outlying farm or settlement, which was dependent on a larger village. In some cases, "Hardwick" and "Hardwicke" are interchangeable and the spelling has evolved over time.

Places in England

Hardwick in England

• Hardwick, Buckinghamshire
• Hardwick, Cambridgeshire
• Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, home of Bess of Hardwick
• Hardwick, County Durham
• Hardwick, Lincolnshire
• Hardwick, Norfolk
  • RAF Hardwick, Norfolk
• Hardwick, Northamptonshire
• Hardwick Village, Nottinghamshire
• Hardwick, Cherwell, Oxfordshire
• Hardwick, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
• Hardwick, Rutland, a lost settlement in the United Kingdom
• Hardwick, Walsall, an area in Walsall
• East Hardwick, West Yorkshire
• West Hardwick, West Yorkshire
• Kempston Hardwick, Bedfordshire
• Kites Hardwick, Warwickshire
• Priors Hardwick, Warwickshire

Hardwicke in England

• Hardwicke, Gloucestershire (disambiguation)
• Hardwicke, Herefordshire, a place in Herefordshire

Places elsewhere

Australia

• Hardwicke Bay, a bay in South Australia
• Hardwicke Bay, South Australia, a locality

Canada

• Hardwicke Parish, New Brunswick

New Zealand

• Hardwicke, New Zealand

The Netherlands

• Harderwijk

United States

• Hardwick, California
• Hardwick, Baldwin County, Georgia
• Hardwick, Bryan County, Georgia
• Hardwick, Massachusetts
• Hardwick, Minnesota
• Hardwick, Vermont
• Hardwick Field, an airport in Tennessee
• Hardwick Township, New Jersey

Other uses

• Hardwick (surname)
• Hardwicke (surname)
• Earl of Hardwicke
• Hardwick (appliances), a Maytag brand
• No 790 Hardwicke, a LNWR Improved Precedent Class speed record breaking steam engine during the Race to the North

See also

• Hartwick (disambiguation)
• Herdwick, a breed of sheep from the Lake District, England