Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Kykehull(e) 1428,1429 Weld1

• Kykehill 1446 Rent

• Kykehill in Combekaynes 1452,1455 Weld1

• campo voc' Kykehyll 1451 Weld1

• via harnesial' voc' Kykehyll 1471 Weld1

• Kikehulle 1431 Weld1

• le Kegehyll 1433 Weld1

• Kickhill Coppice, Kickhill Plot, (Lr) Kickhill 1839 TA

Etymology

Kick Hill Coppice (SY 848845), Kykehull (e )1428, 1429Weld 1, Kykehill 1446Rent , Kykehill in Combekaynes 1452, 1455Weld 1, campo voc ' Kykehyll 1451Weld 1, via harnesial ' voc ' Kykehyll 1471Weld 1, Kikehulle 1431Weld 1, le Kegehyll 1433Weld 1, Kickhill Coppice , Kickhill Plot , (Lr ) Kickhill 1839TA , probably 'look-out hill', from the verbal stem, or from a substantival derivative, of ME  kiken 'to watch, peep' (NED s.n. keek from c. 1386, now only in N dial.), and hyll , cf. tōt-hyll the first part of which is related to OE  tōtian 'to peep'; an identical name may be Kite Hill Wt 43, which is Keke hylle Ed 4. The hill has an elevation of only 200′ but would command a view N and E. The Scand. pers.n. Kíkr , *Kíki (Fellows Jensen 171) is probably out of the question here, but cf. Henry Kyk 1332 SR (Lt Bredy).