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.

Wilkinhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • Wilkynhill 1608 StarChamb
  • Wilkinhill 1640 DuLaSC

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Wilkynhill 1608StarChamb , Wilkinhill 1640DuLaSC , from Wilkin , a diminutive of Will from William and hyll .