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.

Hogsbrook Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Woodbury

Historical Forms

  • Hoggesbrok, Hokesbrok c.1200 Torre 15th
  • Hoggesbroc 1256 FF
  • Hoggesbrok 1330 SR

Etymology

is Hoggesbrok , Hokesbrok c. 1200 (15th) Torre ,Hoggesbroc 1256 FF, Hoggesbrok 1330SR (p) . ' Hog's brook ' or more likely ' brook of a man named Hocg , ' cf. Hoggeston (PN Bk 67) .