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.

Hucksteep Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mountfield

Historical Forms

  • Huckelstepe 1189–99 Battle
  • Hogstepe
  • Hukestep 12th Pat 1432
  • Hucstep 1327 SR
  • Hukstep 1332 SR
  • Huckstep 1526 Pens
  • Houcstepe 1340 NI
  • Hocstepe, Hokstepe c.1280 Pens 1384 Ass

Etymology

'Steep ground of Hucc ' or 'of Huccel (a ),' a diminutive form found in Hucclecote (Gl). For steep , v. Bucksteep supra 469.