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Hookswood Cmn, Hookswood Coppice & Hookswood Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Farnham

Historical Forms

  • Hookes-Wood 1774 Hutch1
  • Hookswood 1795 Boswell
  • Hooks Wood (Fm) 1811 OS
  • Hooks Coppice 1829 EnclA
  • Hookswood Cmn & Hookswood Coppice 1842 TA

Etymology

, Hookes -Wood 1774 Hutch1, Hookswood 1795Boswell, Hooks Wood (Fm )1811 OS, Hooks Coppice 1829EnclA , Hookswood Cmn & Hookswood Coppice 1842TA , cf. Hookes (farme )1618Map , Hoockes Downe 1619CH , in campo ante Hoke , Hooks gate 1621ib , v. hōc ' hook, angle, bend ' , perhaps with reference to the valley in which the farm lies , with wudu , dūn , geat .