Hardwick and Hardwicke are common place names in

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—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

United Kingdom

Hardwick, Buckinghamshire Hardwick is both a village and a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about four miles north of Aylesbury. Hardwick is a common place name in England, of Old English origin m ...

Hardwick, Cambridgeshire Hardwick is a village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, England with a large housing estate located about west of the city of Cambridge, England. The village lies immediately south of the A428 road between Cambridge and St Neot ...

Hardwick Hall Hardwick Hall is an architecturally significant Elizabethan architecture, Elizabethan-era country house in Derbyshire, England. A leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, the Renaissance architecture, Renaissance style home was bu ...

, Derbyshire, home of Bess of Hardwick *

Hardwick Hall, County Durham Hardwick Hall in Sedgefield, County Durham is a building of historical significance and is a Grade II listed building on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, English Heritage Register. A major part of ...

Hardwick Hall Country Park Hardwick Hall Country Park is a park located in County Durham near Sedgefield. Since 7 October 1986, it has been registered on the Register of Parks and Gardens as a Grade II* listed site, which indicates that a park is "of exceptional historic ...

* Hardwick, County Durham *

Hardwick, Lincolnshire Hardwick is a civil parish about 7 miles from Lincoln, in the West Lindsey district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 44. The parish touches Fenton, Kettlethorpe, Saxilby with Ingleby, Thorney and ...

* Hardwick, Monmouthshire * Hardwick, Norfolk **

RAF Hardwick Royal Air Force Hardwick or more simply RAF Hardwick is a former Royal Air Force List of former Royal Air Force stations, station located between the Norfolk villages of Topcroft and Hardwick, Norfolk, Hardwick in England. It is around west o ...

, Norfolk *

Hardwick, Northamptonshire Hardwick is a small village in North Northamptonshire, England, close to the town of Wellingborough. The population is included in the civil parish of Great Harrowden Great Harrowden is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, ...

* Hardwick, Cherwell, Oxfordshire *

Hardwick, West Oxfordshire Hardwick is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hardwick-with-Yelford, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. The village is on the A415 road about southeast of Witney. It lies on the river ...

, Oxfordshire * Hardwick, Rutland, a lost settlement in the United Kingdom *

Hardwick, Suffolk Hardwick is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Bury St Edmunds, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. In 1971 the parish had a population of 4. History The name "Hardwick" means 'Herd farm'. Hardwick was an ...

* Hardwick, Walsall, an area in Walsall *

Hardwick Village Hardwick Village is a rural settlement located in the civil parish of Clumber and Hardwick, within the Bassetlaw district area of Nottinghamshire. It is within Clumber Park, part of a greater area known as The Dukeries. It consists of former lab ...

, Nottinghamshire * East Hardwick, West Yorkshire *

West Hardwick West Hardwick is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humbe ...

, West Yorkshire *

Kempston Hardwick Kempston Hardwick is a small hamlet on the edge of the town of Kempston in Bedfordshire, England. Historically it was one of the hamlets or "ends" scattered across the parish of Kempston. It is served by Kempston Hardwick railway station on the ...

, Bedfordshire *

Kites Hardwick Kites Hardwick is a hamlet (place), hamlet in east Warwickshire, England, in the Leam Valley Wards of the United Kingdom, ward of Rugby (borough), Rugby Borough and in the civil parish of Leamington Hastings The village straddles the A426 road ...

, Warwickshire *

Priors Hardwick Priors Hardwick is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 172. The name derives from the fact that it was originally a manor belonging to ...

, Warwickshire

The Netherlands

Harderwijk Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands. It is served by the Harderwijk railway station. Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden. Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The south ...

United States

Hardwick, California Hardwick is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kings County, California, United States. It is part of the Hanford– Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 151 at the 2020 Census. The village is located northwest of Ha ...

Hardwick, Baldwin County, Georgia Hardwick an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Baldwin County, Georgia, is a part of the micropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, its population stands at 3,513, reflecting a significant decrease from 5 ...

Hardwick, Bryan County, Georgia Hardwick or Hardwicke is a place in Bryan County, Georgia. The town was laid out in 1754. Hardwick was the county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative divi ...

Hardwick, Massachusetts Hardwick is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, about northwest of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester. It had a population of 2,667 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

Hardwick, Minnesota Hardwick is a city in Rock County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 189 as of the 2020 census. Hardwick was platted in 1892, and named after J. L. Hardwick, a railroad official. A post office has been in operation at Hardwick since ...

Hardwick, Vermont Hardwick is a town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic charac ...

, a New England town **

Hardwick (CDP), Vermont Hardwick is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Hardwick, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 1,269, out of 2,920 in the entire town of Hardwick. Hardw ...

, village in the town * Hardwick Field, an airport in Tennessee *

Hardwick Township, New Jersey Hardwick Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,598, a decrease of 98 (−5.8%) from the 2010 census count of 1,696, which in turn reflect ...

Australia

* Hardwicke Street, New South Wales

Business

* Hardwick Clothes, the oldest manufacturer of tailor-made clothing in the United States * Hardwick Stove Company, a former cooking appliance manufacturer merged with

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in 1981 * Hardwick and Woodbury Railroad, a former railroad in Vermont, U.S.A.

Other uses

* Hardwick (surname) * Hardwicke (surname) * Hardwick (appliances), a

brand * No 790 Hardwicke, a

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speed-record-breaking steam engine during the Race to the North