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.

Edgiock

Early-attested site in the Parish of Inkberrow

Historical Forms

  • Eghoc 1221 Ass
  • Hegehok 1255 For
  • Eggenok 1296 Ipm
  • Eggeok, Eggeoc 1307 Ipm 1383 Cl
  • Eghok 1327 SR
  • Edgiocke 1553 Wills
  • Egiocke al. Edgehogge 1661 FF
  • Edge Oak 1892 Kelly

Etymology

'Ecga's oak' (v. ac ) or, more probably, 'Ecga's hook or corner of land' (v. hoc and cf. Rushock supra 255). If the suffix were ac we should on the whole have expected (h )ac in 1221.