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.

Wind Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Wyndehill(e) 1289 ADiii
  • Wynde fall 1307 YDxiii,68
  • Wyndill 1523 Wheat
  • Wyndhill 1562 ib
  • Wyndell 1608 FF

Etymology

Wind Hill, Wyndehill (e )1289 AD iii, Wynde fall 1307 YD xiii, 68, Wyndill 1523 Wheat, Wyndhill 1562 ib, Wyndell 1608 FF. 'Windswept hill', v. wind , hyll , and cf. Windhill 287, iii, 267 infra .

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Places in the same Parish

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