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.

Ockeridge Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Holt

Historical Forms

  • Heafuchrycg 962 BCS1087 11th
  • Hauekerugge 1275 Ass
  • Hawkerydge Hy8 VCHiii.401
  • Haucridge 1633 QSR

Etymology

'Hawk-ridge,' v. heafoc , hrycg , cf. Halfridge supra 26 and Hawridge (PN Bk 95).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement