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.

Sainthill

Other OS name in the Parish of Moretonhampstead

Historical Forms

  • Sweynthull 1333 SR

Etymology

is Sweynthull 1333SR (p) . ' Swinged or over-worked hill , ' v. Saint Hill infra 565 and Addenda , Part ii , xiv .