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.

Hobby

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Hoby 1842 TA

Etymology

, Hoby 1842TA , possibly ' hill farm ' , v. hōh , .

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site