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.

Mill Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • Mylnehyll 1457 TCC
  • Mill Hill 1670,1683,1691 GrimsChamb 1719 Td'E 1766 GrimsCBxiii
  • (the) Mill Hill 1788 Heneage

Etymology

Mill Hill (lost), Mylnehyll 1457TCC , Mill Hill 1670, 1683, 1691GrimsChamb , 1719Td 'E , 1766GrimsCB xiii , (the ) Mill Hill 1788Heneage , cf. mylne hyll furlonge 1540AOMB 212 , self- explanatory.