Hoole
Major Settlement in the Parish of Plemstall
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 .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Aldersey Ho
- Back Brook
- Field Ho
- Holly Ho
- Hoole Bank
- Hoole Cottage, Hoole Fm, Hoole Hall, Hoole Ho, Hoole Lane, Hoole Lane Fm, Hoole Lodge & Hoole Park
- Oak Bank, Oak Lea
- Old Hall
- Piper's Ash
- The Street
- Ash Hay Lane
- Hill Fm
- Manor Fm
- Picton Gorse
- Salter's Lane
- The Street
- Green Lane
- Holme Ho
- Hoole Rd
- Meadow Lea Fm
- The Street
- Trafford Bridge
- Trafford Mill
- Tyre Fm
- Greenfield Cottage
- Beech Ho
- Hare Lane Fm