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.

Lose Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Hope

Historical Forms

  • Looshill 1599 DuLaSC
  • Loss(h)ill 1640 Map
  • Loushill 1675 ib

Etymology

, Looshill 1599DuLaSC , Loss (h )ill 1640Map , Loushill 1675 ib , probably ' pig-sty hill ' , v. hlōse , hyll ; cf. Lowsay (PN Cu 297) where the second element is haugr ' hill ' .