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Hoo Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Rivenhall

Historical Forms

  • How 1185 RotDom
  • Hoe 1227 Fees
  • Hoo 1318 Ass
  • Ho(o)hall(e) 1383–1427 IpmR
  • Mertell alias Hoosall 1465 IpmR
  • Coggeshalles 1549 Rental
  • Holehall alias Martells, Holehall alias Howhall alias Martells 1567,1632 M

Etymology

is How 1185 RotDom,Hoe 1227 Fees, Hoo 1318Ass , Ho (o )hall (e )1383–1427 IpmR,Mertell alias Hoosall 1465 IpmR, Coggeshalles 1549Rental ,Holehall alias Martells , Holehall alias Howhall alias Martells 1567, 1632 M . v. hoh . The manor was formerly known as Martells and Coggeshalls , Ralf Martel and John de Coggeshall ' holding a carucate here in 1248 (Ass , Fees) .

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