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.

Edge Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Bilsbury Hill 1831 ib

Etymology

, Bilsbury Hill 1831 ib , cf. Edge Close 1839TA , v. ecg , hyll , clos , cf. Congleton Edge 297infra . The earlier name is probably ' hill wherebilberries grow ' , v. bilberry , but may be from bile or bill ' a promontory ' with beorg or burh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site