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.

Hemmock

Early-attested site in the Parish of Atherington

Historical Forms

  • Hemyok 1333 SR

Etymology

The name is probably manorial, deriving from Hemyock infra 616.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement