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.

Trill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Axminster

Historical Forms

  • Trill 1173 Ch 1329 FA 1285
  • Tril 1242 ADiv 1248 Fees785 13th FF
  • Tryl 1242 Fees791

Etymology

Ekwall (RN 418) takes this to be a stream-name identical with Tirle (Gl), Tyrl 780, 769–85 BCS 236, 246.