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.

Hope Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beckley

Historical Forms

  • Hope 1262 Ass 1375 SAC17,69

Etymology

Hope Fm is Hope 1262Ass et freq to 1375 SAC 17, 69. v. hop , 'enclosure.' It was one of the 'borghs' of Goldspur Hundred.