English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

St Mary on the Hill

Parish in the County of Cheshire

Etymology

The Chester parish of St Mary on the Hill contained one township in Wirral Hundred, Little Mollington, but cf. Moston and Upton 141, 142supra . For the rest of this parish, cf. 337infra . Little Mollington is now included in Mollington c.p. with Great Mollington 177infra .

Major Settlements