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.

Whins Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Thursby

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is so named in 1610 (Denton) . Cf. Whynnes 1555Orton . v. whin .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement