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.

Houndle

Other OS name in the Parish of Cornwood

Historical Forms

  • Hundehole 1314 Ass
  • Houndehole 1403 BM

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Hundehole 1314Ass ,Houndehole 1403 BM . ' Hounds ' hollow ' or ' Hunda 's hollow , ' v. holh .