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.

Gold Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Etymology

, 1625DCMCt , 1842TA , v. gold , here probably ' golden-hued ' with reference to yellow flowers or other vegetation .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement