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.

Hopehouse Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Martley

Historical Forms

  • de Hope, atte Hope 1275,1327 SR

Etymology

The valley here is of the very shallowest so that hop must be

used of a piece of enclosed land.