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.

Hobcroft Ho & Hobcroft Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Mobberley

Etymology

, cf. Hob Croft (6x)1847TA . Sheaf 1 3 30 reports local tradition of a hobgoblin hereabouts , v. hob .