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.

Spinkhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eckington

Historical Forms

  • Spink(e)hill(e), Spynk(e)hill(e), Spynk(e)hull(e), Spynk(e)hyll(e) 1281 Ass 1328 SR 1330 Ass 1336 Derby 1353 Portland

Etymology

Spinkhill, Spink (e )hill (e ), Spynk (e )hill (e ), Spynk (e )hull (e ), Spynk (e )hyll (e )1281Ass , 1328 SR (p), 1330Ass (p), 1336Derby , 1353Portland et passim . 'Finch hill', v. hyll , with the first element dial. spink 'any bird of the finch family, especially the chaffinch' (EDD); Pegge notes the use of the word in Db dial. for the chaffinch.