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.

Huckland Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Sampford Courtenay

Historical Forms

  • Hokelandes 1412 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Hokelandes 1412FF , v. hoc , land . The meaning is doubtful ; it may refer to the triangular area here enclosed between two roads .