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.

Hooksbank Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Wilmslow

Historical Forms

  • Hooks Banks 1842 OS
  • le hokysklif c.1320 Fitt

Etymology

, Hooks Banks 1842 OS, le hokysklif c.1320Fitt , ' hook bank ' , v. hōc ' a hook, a bend in a river ' , banke , clif , cf. Oversley supra .

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site