Hoo

Hoo

See also: hoo, hóo, hōō, and höö

English

Etymology

From Old English hōh; see hoo.

Proper noun

Hoo

1. The village of Hoo St Werburgh on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England.
   • 1778, Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, page 563:

     Hoo, St. Warburgh. […] Richard I confirmed to that Abbey a market in Hoo, of the gift of Maud de Canvill(s).

   • 1840 June, Church of Hoo St. Werburga, Kent, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 13, page 579:

     The earliest date connected with the persons mentioned, that can be gathered from the confirmatory charters, is from a confirmation of Henry Wifward's gift of the Combe portion of tithes in Hoo, granted by Bishop Gundulph in the year 1091.

   • 1868, A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex, page 90:

     The Church of Hoo (5 m. N.E. from Strood) is dedicated to St. Werburgh of Mercia, who, although she drove by her prayers the “wild geese” from her fields at Wecdon, in Northamptonshire, has certainly not expelled them from Hoo. Wild fowl of all kinds abound […]

2. A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2558).
   • 1888, East Anglian, Or, Notes and Queries, edited by C. H. Evelyn White, page 31:

     Bachcroft, Thomas; son of Thomas Bachcroft, of Bexwell, Norfolk. Educated under Mr. Spight. Age 18. Admitted pensioner, March 10, 1518.

     Man, John; of Hoo, Suffolk; son of Richard Man, mediocris fortunae. Admitted sizar. Tutor, Mr. Reve.

Derived terms

• Hoo Green
• Hoo St Werburgh

Anagrams

• OOH, oho, ooh