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Survey of English Place-Names

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Houghpark

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hulland

Historical Forms

  • Hoge 1086 DB
  • Hoga c.1141,1162 Tutbury
  • Hogh(e) 1285 FF
  • park at Hogh(e) 1309 Pat 1325 Abbr 1327 Cl
  • Hogh park 1577 Saxton
  • (le) Hough 1291,1292 Kniveton 1321 Inqaqd 1322 Pat
  • the Houghe Park 1611 DuLaSC
  • (le) How(e) 1296 Ipm 1323 Cl
  • (del) How(e) 1323 Orig 1325 Fine
  • Hugh 1422 Bemrose
  • Hugh Park 1610 Speed 1646 Janssen 1790 Butter
  • Ancient moat place where Hough Hall anciently stood 1652 Okeover

Etymology

'The spur of a hill', v. hōh (dat.sg. hōe ). Cf. Hulland supra 574.

Places in the same Parish