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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cat Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Cothill 1588 FF
  • Cothill greene 1684 WharnSurv
  • Cattill 1589 WillY
  • Catlinghill 1666 Visit
  • Catling Hall 1828 Hntii,271

Etymology

, 1605 FF , 1614Wharn 22 , Cothill 1588 FF, (Cothill greene ) 1684WharnSurv 73, Cattill 1589 WillY,Catlinghill 1666 Visit, Catling Hall 1828 Hnt ii, 271 , probably ' cat hill ' , v. catt , hyll ; it is probably the coincidence of a family Catling being here that produced the occasional Catlinghill , Catling Hall spellings ( cf. Hnt ii, 271 ) , if the two names do in fact refer to the same place .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site