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.

Heugh

Other OS name in the Parish of Burtholme

Historical Forms

  • (ye) Hugh 1713,1715 ib
  • The Heugh 1832 Boothby

Etymology

is (ye ) Hugh 1713, 1715 ib., The Heugh 1832Boothby . Cf. Mossoldhugh 1603 Gilsland . v. hōh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement