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.

Hockley

Other OS name in the Parish of Alfreton

Historical Forms

  • Hockel' 1274 FF

Etymology

, perhaps to be identified with Hockel '1274 FF , ' Hocca's clearing ' , v. lēah , cf. Hockley infra 193 .