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.

Sunninghill

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sunninghill

Historical Forms

  • Sunigehill' 1185 RR
  • Sunniggehill' 1199 HunterFines
  • Sunigehull' 1246 Cl
  • Sunningehull' 1190 P
  • Sunningehulla 1193 ib
  • Sunningehell' 1221 Cur
  • Sunninghull' 1191 P
  • Sun(n)inghull 1275–6 RH
  • So(u)nnynghulle 1327 SR
  • Sonynghull' 1241 Ass
  • Sonygehull' 1294 SR
  • Shunigehull 1255 Ipm
  • Suni(n)ghull', Sunnynhull', Sunnygeshull' 1284 Ass
  • Sondynghill 1447 Fine

Etymology

'Hill of the Sunningas ', v. hyll and 132–3.