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.

Saint Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Grinstead

Historical Forms

  • Saynt Hill 1568 SAC41,205

Etymology

Saint Hill is Saynt Hill in 1568 (SAC 41, 205). It may mean 'singed or burned hill,' cf. St Ives infra 368.