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.

Whitehawk Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brighton

Historical Forms

  • White Hawke Hill 1587 SAC58,83

Etymology

Whitehawk Hill is White Hawke Hill in 1587 (SAC 58, 83).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement