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.

Hanley Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tidenham

Historical Forms

  • Holeneys(e)hull, Holeneys(e)hil 1272,1279 MinAcct
  • Honleyeshul 1288 ib

Etymology

Hanley Hill, 1830 M, Holeneys (e )hull , Holeneys (e )hil 1272, 1279MinAcct , Honleyeshul 1288 ib. 'Hill near the hollow island or water-meadow', v. hol 2 (wk.obl. holan ), ēg , hyll . The later forms are metathesised.