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.

Haggit Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Felixkirk

Historical Forms

  • Haichoved c.1180 Riev

Etymology

'Oak hill' v. eik , hǫfuð , and cf. Aykhouth (a lost place in Hudswell) 13Easby 205. For voicing of intervocalic -k - cf. Wigginton 14supra .

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