Hoo

From Old English hōh; see hoo.

Hoo

1. The village of Hoo St Werburgh in Kent in the United Kingdom.
   • 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 Suffolk.
   • 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.

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