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.

Hooe (Fms)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plymstock

Historical Forms

  • Ho 1086 DB 1201 FF
  • Hoo 1200 Cur 1246 Ipm
  • Westho 1279 Ipm
  • Estho 1303 FA

Etymology

v. hoh . There is a well- marked spur of land here.

Places in the same Parish