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.

Hanover Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Sileby

Historical Forms

  • Hanover Lodge 1846,1863 White

Etymology

is Hanover Lodge 1846, 1863 White , v. loge . As with Belle Isle supra and Quebec Ho . infra , it was built after the Enclosure of 1760 and named in celebration of the reign of the Hanoverian King George II ( died 1760 ) and the victorious annus mirabilis of 1759 for Britain in the Seven Years War with France .