Hoo Meavy
Early-attested site in the Parish of Meavy
Historical Forms
- Hughemewy 1242 Fees795
- Hewemewy 1244 Ass
- Huge Meuwy 1284 FA
- Hughmewey 1303 FA
- Howe Mewy 1564 Deed
Etymology
It is difficult to be sure about this name but as Goodameavy seems to contain the name of its sometime owner or holder, so also Hoo Meavy may contain ME Hewe , Hue , Hughe , 'Hugh.' Cf. Adam Hugha found in Hartland Hundred in 1333 (SR ). It may be noted that there were four manors of Mewi in DB but none of them was held by either a Goda or a Hugh , so that both names, if not of pre-Conquest origin, must derive from some unrecorded 12th cent, holders.