Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Castle Hill with Lime Kiln 1839 TA

• Castle Grounds 1850,1863 Hutch3

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Castle Hill with Lime Kiln 1839TA , Castle Grounds 1850, 1863 Hutch3 ( ' On the remarkable hill from which these villages derive their name , tradition says that there was a castle ( the villagers calling it Castle Hill ) , and the peculiar barrow - like mound which stands on the summit would seem to favour this supposition … The hill itself is an outlying mass of chalk ' , op. cit. 2 655 ) , cf. Old Chalk Pit infra and discussion of par . name supra , v. RCHM 190 .