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.

Meadhope(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkandrews Nether

Historical Forms

  • Meedop buske 1552 Bullock
  • Medowhushe 1576 S
  • Meadopp 1603 DuLa
  • Meddopp(e) 1620,1621 Norfolk
  • Meadhope 1774 Donald

Etymology

( lost ) is Meedop buske 1552 Bullock, Medowhushe 1576 S,Meadopp 1603DuLa , Meddopp (e )1620, 1621Norfolk , Meadhope 1774Donald . Presumably a compound of ME  mede , ' meadow ' and hop .