Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hodgemoor Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penn

Historical Forms

Hoddesmershul 1363 HMCxv

Hoddesmore 1592 L.iii.278

Etymology

'Hodd's mor' or possibly 'Hodd's mere.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Penn