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.

Huckworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sampford Spiney

Historical Forms

  • Hokebere 1238 Ass
  • Hoghebere 1281 Ass
  • Hocbeare 1304 Ass
  • Hockebeare 1305 Ass
  • Huckery Mill 1677 Recov

Etymology

v. hoc , bearu . There is a spur of land here above the Walkham. The second element has been wrongly written -worthy in modern times, owing to the fact that most names with this terminal are locally pronounced with final [əri].

Places in the same Parish