Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Toxtonhyl 1304 Rut

• Toxtonul 1314 ib

• Toxtonehil Edw2 ib

• Tustonhyll 1427 Terrier

• Tawsten hyll 1567 Terrier

• Tawesting hill 1625 ib

• Toston Hill 1736 Terrier 1824 O

• the tawstinge hill feilde 1625 Terrier

• Toston Hill Field 1736 ib

• Tosternhill Field 1772 EnclA

Etymology

The hill appears to have been a habitation site, that of 'Tōk's farmstead', v. tūn . The ODan  pers.n. Tōk (an original by-name 'fool') is deduced from p.ns. in Denmark, cf. DS 940, 1222 and 125. Later, the area comprised one of the great fields of Easthorpe, hence: the tawstinge hill feilde 1625Terrier , Toston Hill Field 1736ib , Tosternhill Field 1772EnclA , v. hyll , feld .