The Hockett
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bisham
Historical Forms
- le Nockett 1606 SpecCom
- Hockett or Rockett 1609 Darby
- Knockett 1661 SpecCom
Etymology
The Hockett, le Nockett 1606SpecCom , Hockett or Rockett 1609 Darby, Knockett 1661SpecCom . Probably from āc 'oak', and the collective suffix -et . Names of this type are particularly common in Sr (Sr 358–9), where there is another example with āc (la Okette 1294).Cf. also Robert atte Okette of Winchfield Ha, mentioned 1328 Cl, and Hockett Wood in Bucklebury, for which no early forms have been found.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Applehouse Fm
- Quarry Ct, Quarry Wd
- Princess Elizabeth's Well
- Speen Hill
- Stoney Ware
- Stubbings Ho, Stubbings Manor
- Temple Ho, Temple Fm, Temple Lock, Temple Park
- Town Fm
- Wood Side
- Appletree Hill
- Red Lion P.H.
- Beenham
- Bisham Abbey
- Bradnam Wd
- Carpenter's Wd
- Cross Roads
- Crown Inn
- Dry Cottage
- Dungrovehill Wd
- Fultnes Wd
- Goulding's Wd
- The Grange
- Harding's Grove
- High Wd
- Hyde Fm
- Inkydown Wd
- Park Fm
- Park Wd
- Pinkney's Ct