Hook, Hampshire :: The British Place Names Website

Other current and historical names

Houch

Parish/Community: Fareham, unparished area
District/Borough: Fareham
County: Hampshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°50'42"N 1°16'40"W
Eastings/Northings: 450937, 105313
OS Grid: SU509053
Mapcode Local: GBR 88M.V26
Mapcode Global: FRA 866V.XMT

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hook within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Hook in the Domesday Book

A village in Titchfield hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Port
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Germanus (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 1 swine render

British Place Names

Hook, Hampshire

Hook is a hamlet in Hampshire

Hook in the Domesday Book