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Hoo Green, Hoo Green Lane, Hough Hall & Hulseheath, Hulseheath Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rostherne

Historical Forms

  • Hoh' l12 Chest
  • Hoch l12 Orm2 17 CoLegh c.1245
  • Hoc c.1250 LRODx
  • le Hogh 1370 Orm2
  • Hoghgrene 1347 ChRR
  • Hogh'heth in Mulynton 1427 JRL
  • Hough Hall 1831 Bry 1842 OS
  • (le) How c.1245 CoLegh 13 Cuer
  • Hoo Green 1831 Bry
  • The Hole 1662 Orm2
  • Hole House 1831 Bry
  • Howes-Heath 1666 Orm2
  • Huze Heath 1831 Bry
  • Hulse Heath 1842 OS

Etymology

'The prominence', v. hōh (dat.sg. hōe , gen.sg. hōs ), with grēne 2 'a green', hǣð 'a heath', hall . Cf. Hough 326infra , 1221. The Hulse - series represents a genitival composition upon the p.n. Hoo .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name