Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• the Giant hill 1870 Hutch3

• Trendle Hill Jas1 TRMB 1617 Add

Etymology

, the Giant hill 1870 Hutch3, named from The Giant,the huge chalk cutting which may represent a Hercules figure of RBorigin. The hill was earlier Trendle Hill Jas 1TRMB , 1617Add , cf . ' on the south side of a very steep hill , called Trendle Hill , … is the figure of a giant , cut in the chalk ' ( 1774 Hutch1 2292 ) ; the Trendle is the nearby circular earthwork , the remains of a crude native temple , v. trendel .