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.

Hopesbrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Longhope

Historical Forms

  • Hopeswell brooke c.1340 For

Etymology

, Hopeswell brooke c. 1340 For , named from the older form of Longhope (supra ) , v. wella , brōc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement