Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• la hoche Hy2 HMC

• la Hok c.1201 Drew

• la Hoke 1424 AddRoll

• Hooke 1537 Digby 1638 HarlCh

• Hoocke 1620 DCMCt

• Hook 1811 OS 1842 TAMap

Etymology

Hook (Fm) (ST 310057), la hoche Hy 2 HMC (PN D), la Hok c.1201 Drew, la Hoke 1424AddRoll , Hooke 1537Digby , 1638HarlCh , Hoocke 1620DCMCt , Hook 1811 OS, 1842TAMap , cf. John atte Hoke 1423AddRoll , 'the hook or angle', v. hōc , with reference to the narrow curving valley in which flows a stream rising at Bowditch supra .