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.

Hose

Major Settlement in the Parish of Clawson, Hose and Harby

Historical Forms

  • Hoches 1086 DB
  • Howes 1086 DB Hy1 Ch 1333 Rut Hy2 BelCartB Hy2 Fine e.15 RGrav 1199 Cur 1261 Crox 1268 CCR Hy3 Rut 1473 Fine 1493 Pat 1551 1553
  • Houues Hy1 Ch 1333 BelCartB Hy2 e.15
  • Howys 1247 Ass 1320 Banco 1420 Misc 1539 Deed
  • Houwes c.1130 LeicSurv 1236 Berkeley 1333 Ch 1349 Rut
  • Houwis 1328 BelCartB e.15
  • Houwys 1316 FA 1326 Ipm 1439 Fine
  • Houes a.1150(e.15),Hy2(e.15) BelCartB l.12 Rut 12 AD 1236 Fees
  • Houis l.12(p),Edw1 Rut
  • Hous 1174×82 Rut 12(e.15),1235×53(e.15),p.1250(e.15) BelCartB
  • Houus 1209×35 RHug
  • Hows Hy3 Crox e.14 BelCartA 1328 BelCartB e.15
  • Hoys 1534 Rut
  • Hoyes 1580 LEpis
  • Hoose 1535 VE 1552 AAS 1599 Rut 1610 Speed
  • Hoose alias Howse 1544 Fine
  • Howse 1535 VE
  • Howyes 1539 Deed
  • Hooes al. Howes 1558×79 ECP
  • Hosse 1541 MinAccts 1553 Pat 1564 Fine
  • Hose 1544 Rut 1554 AD 1590 SR 1611 Rut

Etymology

'The hill-spurs', v. hōh ((h)as, hōs nom.pl.). Scand  haugr 'a hill' has influenced forms from DB onwards. Hose lies in the Vale of Belvoir, below the Wolds which form a series of spurs to the south of the village.