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.

Clown Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Studland

Etymology

, one of a group of four fanciful hill names on Brownsea Island taken from pantomime , cf. Columbine Hill, Harlequin Hill and Pantaloon Hill infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement