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.

Watch Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Burgh by Sands

Historical Forms

  • the Watch-hill 1777 NB

Etymology

is the Watch-hill 1777 NB ii , 222 . In 1777 there was also a ' Watch-tree ' here .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement