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.

Hope

Major Settlement in the Parish of Barningham

Historical Forms

Hope 13 RichReg

Hoppe 1285 KI

Est Hop, West Hop 15 VCHi.41

Etymology

v. hop . The meaning here is 'small secluded valley.'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site