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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.

Hood Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thirkleby

Historical Forms

  • Hodesbec 13 BylE
  • riuulus de Hode 1243 BylE

Etymology

v. Hood 195infra and bekkr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement