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.

Hooke Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Hooke

Historical Forms

  • prat' voc' Walbridge 1700 Mont

Etymology

, over the R . Hooke , perhaps to be associated with prat ' voc 'Walbridge 1700Mont , the first el . of which is uncertain , possibly wǣl ' deep pool, deep place in a river ' or *w(e)alt ' shaky, unsteady ' , cf. Walford 2189 – 90 .