Hob
Early-attested site in the Parish of Castle Bromwich
Etymology
Hob (6″). Cf. Hob meadow 1699Add . This element occurs elsewhere in the county in Hobmoor Lane in Aston supra 34, Hobbehille 1354Dugdale (in Blyth), le Hobbecroft , Hobcroft 1411 LeetBk (in Coventry), Hobholme t. Hy 8Add (in Nuneaton), Hobbewey 1411Coventry (in Foleshill), Hobways 1356Stowe (in Fillongley) and Hob Lane Fm in Berkeswell, for which no early forms have been found, hob is a word which is used in a variety of senses in English dialects. It is impossible to determine its precise sense in these various compounds. Doubtless in many of them it has reference to Hob as a name for Robin Goodfellow, a hob-goblin and the like, cf. hob sb (NED). In le Kyngeshob (1356) it must be used in some quite different sense.