Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lahoc 1086 DB

• Hoc 1100–22 Ch 1270 MontC 1091–1106

• Hoch c.1155 ib

• del Hoc 1200 Cur

• Hok(e) 1209 P 1235–6 Fees 1244,1288 Ass 1303 FA 1510 DCM

• del Hok(e) 1244,1268 Ass

• La Hoke 1244 Ass 1275 RH 1285 FA 1330 FF 1369 Cl

• tethinga de(l) Hock(') 1268 Ass

• Houc 1268 Ass

• atte Houke 1327 SR

• Houk(e) 1346 FA 1386 1428 FA

• la Houke 1413 Fine 1414 Cl

• Huke 1421 ib

• Howke 1438 Sher

• Hooke 1653 ParlSurv 1686 DCMCt

Etymology

'The hook or angle', from OE  hōc, here probably referring to a bend in the R. Hooke (one arm of which rises in the N of the par., the other at Toller Whelme in Corscombe par. infra ). The r.n. Hooke is a back- formation from the p.n.; the old name for the river was Toller , v. RNs. and Toller Fratrum & Toller Porcorum pars. infra . The DB form and several later spellings have the OFr  def. art. la .