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.

Ballhill Cottages

Early-attested site in the Parish of Elmley Lovett

Etymology

This may take its name from the Balle family mentioned in 1327 (SR), especially as Townsend (1644) gives the old name as Ball Hall.