Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hole 1119(1150),1150 Chest 1665 Sheaf

• le Hole 1354 BPR

• Hole juxta Chester 1542 Orm2

• Hoole alias Hole 1598 ChRR

• Hole alias Hough 1665 Sheaf

• Hull 1272–1307 Harl. 17 Orm2 1520

• Hoel 1309 Sheaf

• Houle 1345 Pat 1347 1646 Sheaf

• Howle 1646 ib

• Howl 1690 ib

• Hoole 1512 ChRR 1531 Plea 1522

• Hoole alias Hool 1589 Sheaf

• Hoole alias Hole 1598 ChRR

• Hool 1589 Sheaf 1708 Assem

• Holle 1550 MinAcct 1552 Pat 1651 Dow

• Howe 1598 Sheaf 18

• Hooe 1602 Sheaf 18 Orm2 c.1645

• Hoo 1724 NotCestr

• Hole alias Hough, Hough 1665 Sheaf329

• Hoale 1699 Sheaf

• Vallis Demonum c.1195 Luciani 64

Etymology

'At the hollow', from hol1 , holh , dat.sg. hole with lengthening of -o -. The place is referred to as Vallis Demonum c.1195 Luciani 64, 'the valley of devils', perhaps a haunt of thieves. The form Hough appears in Houghshey a seventeenth-century copied form of Hole Hey (v. Near Hay infra ) and Hull also appears in Hull Sych infra .