English Place-name Society

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.

Great Hucklow

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great Hucklow

Historical Forms

  • Hochelai 1086 DB
  • Hoccalawe 1101–8 RegLich
  • Hoccalawa a.1108 Dugd
  • Hokelow(e) 1262 LichChart 1275 RH 1390 RylRCh
  • Hokelawe 1276 RH
  • Hokelewe 1323 Pat
  • Hochelowe 1285 For
  • Hoklo(u)we 1338,1362 DbCh
  • Hu(c)klowe 1199 Ch 1265 DbCh Hy3 Ch 1285
  • Hu(c)klawe e.13th Rufford
  • Hu(c)klow(e) 1348 DbAxxxvi 1400 WollCh
  • Magna Hockelawe 1251 DbAv
  • Magna Hokelowe 1323 Inqaqd 1343,1358 ShefBC 1382 BelCh
  • Magna Huckelowe 1301 AddCh
  • Magna Huklowe 1372 ShefBC
  • Mochehoklowe 1547 MinAcct
  • Great Hucklow 1610 Speed

Etymology

'Hucca's burial-mound', v. hlāw . For the same pers.n. cf. Ault Hucknall infra 268. The DB spelling -lai is clearly an error.