Wildhill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bishops Hatfield
Historical Forms
- Wildehellestret 1443 Cecil
Etymology
Wildhill is Wyldhulle 1365, Wyldehelle 1433 AD i, Wildehellestret 1443Cecil . Cf. also Wyldegrene 1402 AD i near by and Wyldemor 1301 Ipm (Bushey). Wild may have the sense of 'waste, uncultivated,' cf. Willand (PN D 553) and Wildwood (PN Sr 224).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Astwick Manor
- Benstead's Wood
- Brocket Park
- Cromerhyde
- Doggheart Spring
- Handside
- Holwell Fm and Holwellhyde
- Innyngs
- Lemsford
- Ludwick Hall
- Newgate Street
- Ponsbourne
- Stanborough
- Symondshyde
- Tolmer's Fm