Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hoxnehop' 12 YCh1796

• Oxenehope 1193 P

• Oxope 1191 P

• Hoxehope 1234–49 Kirkst

• Hoxenhop(e) l.12 Nost38d 13 YDi

• Oxenhop(e) e.13 Nost39 1252 FF 1280 Ch 1303 KF 1331 Ass5 1605 FF

• Olde Oxenhopp 1643 WillY

• Oxhenhop Ed1 Nost11d

• Oxhynhope, Oxhinhope 1285 WCR 1292 Nost63

• Oxinhop(e), Oxynhop(e) Ed1 Arm 1296 MinAcct 1342 Ext 1535 VE 1545 FF

• Oxsnope Hy3 Arm

• Oxnoppe 1587 FF

• Oxenoppe 1590 WillY

• Hold Oxynope 1508 WillY

Etymology

'The oxen's valley', v. oxa (gen.pl. oxna ), hop , and for the affix v. ald . OE  hop certainly refers here to the deep valley running off the main valley of the R. Worth.