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.

Huxbear

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hennock

Historical Forms

  • Hokesbere 1295 Ipm 1335 Ch
  • Houkesbeare 1372 Cl

Etymology

'Hōc 's wood' or possibly 'wood at the spur of land,' v. hoc , bearu and cf. Huckham and Huxtable supra 56, 35.