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.

Cambeckhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Irthington

Historical Forms

  • Camokhill 1485 Ipm
  • Cammockhill 1568 LRMB
  • Cambbeck hill 1600 CWxi
  • Le Camacke hill 1604 LRMB
  • Camboc Hill 1710 CWxxxv

Etymology

'Hill by the Cam Beck' (supra 7).