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.

Warmhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hennock

Historical Forms

  • Wermehel(e) 1086 DB c.1270 Deed
  • Wermehale 1330 SR
  • Warmehułł 1219 Ass
  • Warmehill 1238 FF
  • Wormahull 1333 SR

Etymology

'The warm hill,' v. hyll , with confusion at times with the common element healh .