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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hook's Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sanderstead

Historical Forms

  • Hook Hill 1593 Endowments
  • ate Hoke 1332 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Hook Hill 1593 Endowments, and was thehome of Richard ate Hoke (1332 SR) , v. hoc . There is a hill - spur here . The s is probably pseudo - manorial .