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.

Hookmoor Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Ugborough

Historical Forms

  • Hokemore 1316 Pat
  • Huckemore 1550 Pat
  • Hockemore 1610 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Hokemore 1316 Pat,Huckemore 1550 Pat, Hockemore 1610Recov . v. hoc , mor . The name is descriptive of the ridge of waste land here .