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.

Oxnop

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grinton

Historical Forms

Oxenhop(e) 1301 LS 1605 NR

Oxhoppe 1538 Riev

Etymology

'Oxen valley' v. hop . The first element is OE oxa , gen. plur. oxena , as in Oxenhope (YWR).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement