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.

Bentinck Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Studland

Etymology

, no doubt from the Rt . Hon . G . A . Frederick Cavendish Bentinck who partly restored Brownsea Castle infra in 1888 (Kelly) , cf. Cavendish Rd, Frederick Hill, Mount Frederickand Portland Ave & Portland Hill infra , all on Brownsea Island .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement