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.

Penny Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Penyll 1381 Whit

Etymology

, Penyll 1381 Whit 54 , the common hill - name from Brit  penno- with OE  hyll added .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site