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.

Hockley

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashover

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , cf. “ began to rid for a house stid , in a place which I call now by the name of Hockley ” ( 'Autobiography of LeonardWheatcroft' 1671 DbA xxi ) ; the name is probably transferred from Hockley supra 189 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement