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.

Hobsic

Early-attested site in the Parish of Selston

Historical Forms

  • Hobsitch 1825 O.S.

Etymology

Hobsic is Hobsitch 1825 O.S. and is on a small stream, v. sic , sik , and repeats itself in Hobsick in Brinsley supra 117. 'Goblin stream' from the common hob .