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Oxenhope

village

Old EnglishAI-generated

Oxenhope means 'the valley of the oxen'. It combines the Old English word for oxen with the term for a valley or dale.

Word origins

Oxen
Old Englishplural of ox(from oxan "genitive plural of oxa")
hope
Old Englishvalley, dale(from hop "valley, dale, enclosed pasture")

Historical forms

Oxenhope