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.

Cat's Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanstead Abbots

Historical Forms

  • Catteshull(e) 1296,1307 SR c.1400 WalthamA
  • Cateshelle, Ketteshell ib.
  • Katishillholme, Catteshilfote 1540 Ct
  • Catshill 1556 AOMB

Etymology

Cat's Hill is Catteshull (e )1296, 1307SR (p), c. 1400WalthamA , Cateshelle , Ketteshell ib., Katishillholme , Catteshilfote 1540Ct , Catshill 1556AOMB . '(Wild) cat's hill' or possibly 'hill of a man nicknamed Catt .' v. holmr .

Places in the same Parish