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.

Burghers Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wooburn

Historical Forms

Beggars Hill c.1825 O

Etymology

A piece of late snobbery or squeamishness.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Wooburn