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.

Hope's Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • Hope 1270 Nost44

Etymology

, Hope 1270Nost 44 , v. hop , here ' a small side-valley ' , Hope 's Fm being at the top ; but Hope 's Fm and Hopefield may contain a local surname Hope derived from the p.n .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name