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.

Bull Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Littleham

Historical Forms

  • Bullhill 1714 DKR41,451

Etymology

is Bullhill 1714 DKR 41, 451 . This is the name of a sandbank in the Exe estuary , and may be descriptive of its shape .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement