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.

Summerhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashburton

Historical Forms

  • Sumerhill 1238 Ass
  • Somerhill 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Sumerhill 1238Ass (p), Somerhill 1330SR (p) . ' Hill used for summer pasturage . '