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.

Six Hills

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stevenage

Historical Forms

  • Sixburwefeld 1295 WDB

Etymology

Six Hills is so named in 1728 (Sal) and is almost certainly identical in site with the Sixburwefeld of 1295 (WDB ), i.e. 'six hills or barrows,' v. beorg . These are six tumuli, still existing, by the side of the main road, about three-quarters of a mile south of Stevenage.