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.

Litelhill '

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Litelhill ' 1839 TA
  • Litlehill 1595 FMap
  • a Mawre called Little hill 1595 FMap
  • little hill c.1638 Holywell

Etymology

Litelhill' 1461+, Litlehill 15951,a Mawre called Little hill 15952, little hill c.1638(self-explanatory, it was asaltern or salt-hill)