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.

Miley Pike

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hawnby

Historical Forms

  • Milehowe 1290 Dugdiv.285

Etymology

'Milla's mound' from ON  Milla (LindBN) and haugr. Cf. Norw  Millehaugen (Rygh, NG iii. 374).