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.

Meashill Barn and Meashill Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of East Hendred

Historical Forms

  • Meares Hill, Mershill 1628 SpecCom

Etymology

, Meares Hill , Mershill 1628SpecCom , possibly from gen . of (ge)mǣre ; the places lie immediately W . of a long hill which juts out from the Downs along the boundary with Chilton .