Editing Haywards Heath (section)

==Etymology==
The first element of the place-name Haywards Heath is derived from the [[Old English]] ''hege'' + ''worð'', meaning hedge enclosure, with the later addition of ''hǣð''. The place-name was first recorded in 1261 as ''Heyworth'', then in 1359 as ''Hayworthe'', in 1544 as ''Haywards Hoth'' (i.e. 'heath by the enclosure with a hedge'), and in 1607 as ''Hayworths Hethe''.<ref>{{cite book|last =Glover|first =Judith|author-link =Judith Glover|title =The Place-Names of Sussex |publisher =B.T. Batsford Ltd | year=1975 | location =London|isbn=0713452374}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last =Mills|first =A.D.|author-link =A.D. Mills|title =A Guide to English Place-Names|publisher =Oxford University Press|year=1998|location =Oxford|isbn=0192800744}}</ref>

There is a local legend that the name comes from a [[highwayman]] who went under the name of Jack Hayward.<ref>{{Cite report |date= June 2007 |title= Haywards Heath Master Plan Supplementary Planning Document |url= http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/media/HHjune07-04context.pdf |page= 13 |access-date= 24 May 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120531231742/http://www.midsussex.gov.uk/media/HHjune07-04context.pdf |archive-date= 31 May 2012 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/notorious-highwayman-rides-again-1-8312869|work=[[Mid Sussex Times]]|title=Notorious highwayman rides again|first=Sarah|last=Page|date=2 January 2018|access-date=2 January 2018|archive-date=2 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102211952/https://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/notorious-highwayman-rides-again-1-8312869|url-status=live}}</ref>