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.

Hoo Fm and Hoobrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kidderminster

Historical Forms

  • de Hou, de la Ho(o) 1180 P 1275 1302 Wigorn
  • The Whooe, Hooe 1610 Wills 1661 FF

Etymology

v. hoh .