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.

Hob Hall and Hob Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Wirksworth

Etymology

( both 6 ″ ) , cf. le Obcrofte 1539Rental , Hobcrofte 1610DuLa , v. hob , croft .