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.

Hillam

Major Settlement in the Parish of Monk Fryston

Historical Forms

  • (on) hillum 963 RegAlbi,56d 13 YCh9 c.1050
  • Hyllum c.1030 YCh7
  • Hillum 1070–1100,12–13(freq) Selby c.1180 YCh42,43,etc. Ric1 Pont 1271 Ch c.1206 Pont c.1216 RegAlbiii,50d 1243 Fees 1476 TestLds
  • Hyllum 1252 Ch
  • Hille 1208 FF
  • Hullum 1236 Ch
  • Hillom 1320 Ext 1352 YDi 1428 FA 1559 PRFrs
  • Hillome 1536 TestLds 1545 WillY
  • Hillam 1822 Langd

Etymology

'(On) the hills', from OE  hyllum , dat.pl. of hyll. The terrain here begins to rise in small hillocks towards the hillier region in the west.