Hemyock
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hemyock
Historical Forms
- Hamihoc 1086 DB 1197 Cur
- Hamioc 1204 Cur
- Hemioch 1194 P
- Hemihoc 1228 FF
- Hemyok(e) 1244 Ass 1267 Exon
- Hemioc 1267 Exon
- Hemyoc 1285 Ipm
- Hemmiac 1212 Fees98
- Hymiok 1260 BridgewaterCorporationMSS
Etymology
This, as suggested by Blomé (88), is probably a stream-name originally, going back to a British *Samiāco . This is no doubt a derivative of *samo - (W haf ),'summer,' and the name may have been given to a never-dry brook. Cf. such English names as Summerbrook, -well, etc.