Cuckoo's Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Portisham
Historical Forms
- Cokellyshulle, Cokeshull' 1400 Ilch
- Cocklehill waye 1557 Fry
- on cuceles hylle, of cuceles [hylle]…on cuceles hylle 1024 Ilch(KCD741,S961)
Etymology
Cuckoo's Hill (local, about SY 588855), Cokellyshulle , Cokeshull '1400Ilch , Cocklehill waye 1557Fry , these preserving the landmark on cuceles hylle , of cuceles [hylle ]…on cuceles hylle 1024Ilch (KCD 741, S 961) at the starting and finishing point of the Anglo-Saxon bounds of Portisham, '*Cucel's hill', from a diminutive form of the OE masc. pers.n. *Cuca adduced for Cuxwold L 474 and hyll .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Mystecombe
- Bramdon Lane
- Corton Fm
- Coryates
- Goose Hill Ctgs & Goose Hill Dairy
- Shilvinghampton, East Shilvinghampton & Shilvinghampton West
- Stall Barn
- Uggscombe
- Waddon, Little Waddon
- Friar Waddon
- Hewish Hill
Other OS name
- Nether Grove
- Friar Waddon Dairy Ho, Friar Waddon Fm, Friar Waddon Hill & Friar Waddon Withy Bed
- Dairy Ho Coppice
- Pond Coppice
- Wig Plant.
- Bench
- Benecke Wood
- Bishop's Road
- Black Down Barn & Black Down Plant.
- Brick Ho
- The Buildings, Buildings
- Plant
- Church
- Clover, Clover Coppices
- Corton Barn, Corton Dairy Ho, Corton Down & Corton Hill
- Drift Plant.
- Folly Plant.
- Grove Lane
- Half Moon (P.H.)
- Half Moon Coppice
- Hampton Barn
- Hardy Coppice
- Hell Bottom (Quarry)
- Hell Stone
- King's Arms (P.H.)
- Little London
- Long Coppice
- Manfield Shale Pit
- Manor Ho
- Marsh Fm
- Mill Ctgs, Mill Stream
- Portesham Fm
- Portisham Dairy, Portisham Hill, Portisham Ho & Portisham Withy Bed
- Old Portisham
- Quarry
- Red Mead Coppice
- Ridge Hill
- Rocket
- St Bartholomew's Chapel
- Seven Acre Coppice
- Sheepwash
- Shilvinghampton Barn, West Shilvinghampton Dairy
- Silly How
- Snipe Gate
- Square Coppice
- Standing Stones
- Vicarage
- Winter's Lane
- Dovecot
- Waddon Dairy, Waddon Field Barn, Waddon Ho & Waddon Spring