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.

The Hopes

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorne

Historical Forms

  • le, the Hope 1483 MinAcct 1669 Bright
  • Houps 1841 TA

Etymology

, le , the Hope 1483MinAcct 77, 1669Bright 621, Houps 1841TA , ' enclosed plotsin marshy ground ' , v. hop 1 .