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.

Huckeridge Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sawston

Historical Forms

  • Langley Hills 1763 ib

Etymology

Huckeridge Hill (local). Cf. Howcrouch (e )feld 1346WMP , Howcrouch (e )hille 1514Terr , Huckeridge (Hill )1703Huddleston . Apparently 'cross by the hill,' v. hōh , crouche . Identical with Langley Hills 1763 ib.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement