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.

Ward Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • William Ward 1597 PRSk

Etymology

, 1730M , ' watch hill ' , v. weard , hyll , but it may be named from the family of William Ward (1597 PRSk 1, etc.) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name