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.

( Gt ) Penhill

Field in the Parish of Shillingstone

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA

Etymology

(Gt) Penhill(first el. possibly PrWelsh or PrCorn *penn1'head,end, hill', with explanatory OE  hyll)