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.

Gillhope

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mayfield

Historical Forms

  • Gilhope 1553 Ct
  • Chillehope 1296 SR

Etymology

Gillhope [dʒilʌp] is Gilhope (1553Ct ) with Gillhope field and Wood in Heathfield parish adjoining, was, as Mr Macleod suggests, clearly the home of Peter de Chillehope (1296 SR).Cille is on record as a woman's name in OE , or we may have a weak form Cilia of the strong masc. Cille . v. hop . 'Cilia's enclosure.'