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.

Burrow Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Corley

Historical Forms

  • Borrow hill 1725 B

Etymology

is Borrow hill 1725 B . Cf. Burghcrofte 1403 Cl . As there is an entrenchment here ( VCH i, 370 ) , the hill must take its name from this ancient earthwork ( v. burh ) .

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