Wilderhope
Early-attested site in the Parish of Rushbury
Historical Forms
- Weldredehop' 1221–2 Ass
- Wildridehope 1297–6 Ass
- Wildredehop' 1271–2 ForProc
- Wildredhope 1291–2 Ass 1344 Cl
- Wildredehope 1318 Ipm
- Wilderdehop' 1221–2 Ass
- Wylderdehop 1302 Ch
- Wilderdehop 1318 Ch
- Wylderdehop' 1381 SBL5192
- Wilderthope (p), Wildirthope 1271–2 Ass
- Wilderthope c.1321 SBL168
- Wildertop 1792 SRO809parcel14
- Wildrithehope, Wildreythehope 1301 SAC
- Woldrephope 1389 Cl
- Wildrephop 1394 Cl
- Wilderchope 1400 SAS1/XLVII
Etymology
'Wilþrȳð's remote valley', v. hop . This feminine pers. n. occurs also in Wilderley, for which v. Part 1. Wilderhope is one of the series of small settlements with -hope names which lie in hollows between the parallel ridges of Wenlock Edge and the Aymestrey Limestone escarpment v. Part 1114.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Lakehouse
- Longville in the Dale
- Lushcott
- Court Ho
- Musgreve
- Oak Wd, Oakwood Fm
- Ape Dale
- Coats
- Gilberries
- Stanway
- The Ditches
- Lutwyche
Other OS name
- The Larches
- Longville Coppice
- New Pltn
- Oakham
- Sapling Coppice
- Warwicks Head
- The Wood
- Woodside
- Black Wd
- Coats Wd
- Crab Wd
- Heath Brook
- Heath Common
- Hedgefields Barn
- High Wd
- Manor Fm
- Roman Bank
- Hill End
- Sharpstones
- Wondrell Coppice
- Brook Ho
- Coley Brook
- Hargrove Wd, Hargrove Cottage and Hargrove Fm
- Lutwyche Arms Inn
- Peartree
- Plough Inn
- Wallsbank
- Bloemfontain Gorse
- The Bog
- Brick Kiln Pltn
- Crowfield Pltn
- Fegg
- Greens Rough
- Hope's Cross
- Murder Pool
- Pilgrim Cottage and Pilgrim Lane
- Pudding Bag
- Rickhouse Coppice
- Wilderhope Coppice
- Wrensnest
- The Yeld