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.

White Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Rotherham

Historical Forms

  • Wighthill 1498 Testiv
  • Whithill, Whythill 1553 WillY 1590 FF
  • Whitehill 1634 WillY

Etymology

, Wighthill 1498 Testiv, Whithill , Whythill 1553 WillY, 1590 FF, Whitehill 1634 WillY , from OE  wiht ' bend in a river ' , hyll ; White Hill is a great hill round which the R . Rother takes a sharp turn westward .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

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