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.

Airy Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Ergum 1090–6 YCh 1314 NRS
  • Hergum 1155–65 Whitby

Etymology

v. erg and cf. Airyholme 49supra .