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The earliest use of the term (recorded for this area) is in a “lost” name,
Batemanridding, 1275-1329 HMC (Drml), between Annan and Ruthwell.
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OE hege, “hedge”, is seen in the “lost” name Quikehege, 1165-1214 NMS, in the
vicinity of /218/ Jedburgh. The first element is that which occurs in “quickset”,
and probably denotes “hawthorn”, although it may have the original meaning of
“hedge grown from living slips or cuttings”. Compare Swinnie (No LVII (i)).
/219/ LX OE hope, ME hop(e),
“small enclosed valley, and especially a smaller opening branching out from the main dale; a
blind valley”. On the Scottish side of the Border the term seems to be applied indiscriminately
to any type of valley. It is most common in Slk, Rxb, and the upland areas of Bwk and Dmf.
Some of the names below may belong to the OE period. The occurrence of such personal
names as Eċġhere, Cūðberht, Aldwine, as first elements points to the lOE or eME period for
the formation of the compounds.
ROXBURGHSHIRE
AUCHOPE (Mrb): (81, 10 H):
Aucopswire, 1597 CBP; Aikapp, Blaeu. Blaeu’s spelling suggests MSc aik-hope, “oak-tree
valley”, but it cannot be related to the 1597 spelling and the modern form. An OE personal
name Alca would give MSc AuZh-, Auch-. For swire, meaning “pass”, cf No LXIII (a).
BILLHOPE BURN (Cst):
Billop b, Blaeu. Perhaps “Billa’s valley”: cf Patricius Bylhope, 1436 HMC (Wed).
CAPEHOPE BURN (How): (81, 8 J, K): /220/
Caphope, 1468 HMC (Home); Cape-, 1471 RMS; Kapock, Blaeu. Compare Capton, Do, and
Capland, So, which contain OE *Cape (cognate with OHG kapf, “look-out place”), from OE
capian, “look, peer” (DEPN, 82). The dwelling of Capehope does not now exist. Blaeu’s
spelling is to be compared with his Kelfock B. for Kelphope Burn (Chan), where he
substitutes -ock for -hope after a labial consonant. This may be a dialectal distinction in
pronunciation although no other examples have appeared. This spelling, however, makes it
possible that Blaeu’s form, Cappock, for the farm of Cappuck, may also represent Cape-hope:
cf Introduction, Roman Period.
CUTHBERTHOPE RIG (How): (81, 8 K):
Cuithbrithishope, 1185-99 LSMM; Cudbrihtes-, 1185-99 (1500) ib; Cuthbertis- 1471 RMS.
Late OE Cūðberhtes-hop, named perhaps after St Cuthbert to whom tradition ascribes a
chapel in this vicinity.
FAWHOPE (Tvt): (85, 10 E):
Fauhope (P), 1304 CDS; Fawe-, 1380 ib. Cf *Fawhope Burn (Mel): burna de Fauhope, 1153-
65 LSMM; Fachope, 1165 ib, a tributary of the Leader. /221/ ME faw < OE fāġ, “multicoloured”.
Cf Fawhope Burn (Oxn).
HAYHOPE (Yth): (81, 9 F):