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.

Hillhead

Other OS name in the Parish of Brixham

Historical Forms

Hille 1276 Ass

Etymology

was probably the home of William del Hille (1276Ass ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Brixham