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.

Hoo Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gayhurst

Historical Forms

le Ho 1276 RH

Etymology

'Wood on the hoh or spur of land,' projecting towards the Ouse.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Gayhurst