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.

Hooe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hooe

Historical Forms

Hov 1086 DB

Hou t.Hy2 Pat 1431 SR 1332

Ho t.Wm1 Ch 1312 Misc 1280

Hoo 1261 Ass 1535 VE

(al. Howe) 1611 Recov

Etymology

v. hoh . Hooe stands on a hill above the marshes.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site