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.

Hawthorn Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Howghton Hill 1619 NRS

Etymology

v. hyll . Hawthorn is a corruption of the common Hutton or Hoton 'farm on the hoh or hill.'