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 Hoby with Rotherby

Historical Forms

  • Seggeswalda a.1118 Flo s.a.716
  • Segeswalde a.1118 s.a.755 ib
  • Segesuuald 1184 Selby
  • Segheswald l.12 GarCart
  • Seggheswald l.12 ib
  • Segeswold 1156 Ch 1318 Dugd Hy2
  • Seggiswold Hy2 ib
  • Seggeswold e.13 GarCart 1290 Abbr 1302 Ass 1340 Ch
  • Segs Hill 1677 Thoroton
  • Seggs Hill 1701 Terrier
  • Sex or Segs Hill 1795 Nichols 1806 Map
  • Sex-hill 1795 Nichols
  • Sixhill 1796 EnclA
  • Six Hills 1825 Terrier 1835 O 1846,1877 White

Etymology

'Secgge's portion of the Wolds district', v. wald ; with the OE  pers.n. Seccge . Note the forms Segehishou and Seggeshou in adjoining Burton on the Wolds f.ns. (b) which no doubt refer to the same individual.