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.

Moonhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cuckfield

Historical Forms

  • la Monhell 1279 ADA15540
  • la Monhelle, la Monhyll 1279 Lewes
  • Moonehill 1603 ParReg

Etymology

The first element seems to be the ordinary word moon (OE  mōna ), but the meaning of the compound is not clear (v. hyll ).Such names might arise in the same casual way as the numerous Rainbow Fields to be found in the Tithe Awards .