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.

Derrill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pyworthy

Historical Forms

  • Dir(e)hill(e) 1201 Cur 1238 Ass
  • Dyrehill 1244 Ass
  • Direhille juxta Haldesworthy 1304 Ass
  • Derehulle 1278 Ass
  • Derhille 1300 Misc

Etymology

v. Derworthy supra 153. Possibly the same person gave name to this place and to Derriton infra 164, 210.