Origins of the Scottish Surname of Hope - Section 6
6 The English Hopes.
a) Derbyshire
As mentioned previously the appearance of the name Hope in England predates its arrival in Scotland. It may also here have one of its possible origins in the names of topographical features where hope is part of the word ie similar to the Scottish Borders names but in England/Wales Hope also appears in it own right. In England these names can be traced back to the Doomsday Book of 1087, principally in Derbyshire, Shropshire and Cheshire/Wales. In Derbyshire - Hope, Hopton and Hopwell. In Shropshire - Easthope, Edenhope, Hope Bendrid, Hope Bowdler, Hopesay, Hopton, Hopton Castle, Hopton Wafers, Middlehope, Millichope, and Ratlinghope. Cheshire/Wales - Hopton, Hope, Hope Hall and Hope Mountain.
An interesting feature of the Derbyshire Hopes is that their heraldry is remarkably similar to that found in Flintshire in North Wales - see Section 9 Hope Family Heraldry.
b) Lancashire/Cheshire.
It is said that a brother - John Hope? - of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall (1573-1746) - See page 3. Edinburgh Hopes - was drowned at sea. However he had descendants and they settled in Lancashire. Descendants of the Hopes of Hopetoun also settled in Lancashire. There are records of quite a number of Hopes who were merchants in Liverpool and Manchester, hence quite a number of the present day Lancashire Hopes can probably claim Scottish descent.
The Hopes of Lancashire were largely in the merchant and banking business particularly in Liverpool where they are remembered in the name of Hope Street there. Hopes from Liverpool emigrated to Canada, USA, Mexico and New Zealand.
c) Cumbria. New
Cumbria is a hot spot for the surname of Hope as indicated by the Surname profiling map on the Hope origins page. Recent research - January 2012 - indicates that the Hopes of the Scottish Borders are probably descended from Angles in Northumbria. So did the descendants of the Cumbrian Hopes originate from further south in England? or from Ireland? or did they come south from the Borders? A lot of very interesting DNA work required here!
d). Northumbria. New
Hope families of this area, certainly from the northern part, will be descended from Angles similar to the Scottish Border Hopes. See page 2.1. Scottish Border Hopes prior to 1296 AD. See this extensive page which has a short section on relevant Northumbrian history.
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