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.

Hop Carr Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Ryther

Historical Forms

  • Hop Car(hill) 1839 TA

Etymology

, Hop Car (hill )1839TA , v. kjarr ' marsh ' ; Hop may be OE  hop in the sense ' plot of enclosed land in the marshes ' ( though this sense is not usual in YW ) .