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.

Hockerwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Southwell

Historical Forms

  • Hocer wuda 958 BCS1029 14th
  • Hockwode 1275 RH
  • Hokerwode 1405 Pat
  • Hokerwodemedewe 1441 ib
  • Hokerwood or Hoker Wodd Parke 1550 ib
  • Hockerwoods 1689 SR

Etymology

Hockerwood is Hocer wuda 958 (14th) BCS 1029, Hockwode 1275 RH, Hokerwode 1405 Pat, Hokerwodemedewe 1441 ib., Hokerwood or Hoker Wodd Parke 1550 ib., Hockerwoods 1689 SR. For the first element cf. Hockerton infra 186.