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.

Danes Hill, Danes Hill, Daneshill Ctg & Daneshil Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Dalwood

Historical Forms

  • Dennis Hill, Dennishill, Dennishill Cot & Dennishill Orchd 1845 TA

Etymology

( 628 ' ) ( named from prec . ) , Dennis Hill , Dennishill , Dennishill Cot & Dennishill Orchd 1845TA , probably from a surname , cf. John Deneys 1332 SR ( Shipton G . ) and Dennis Hill PN D 287 .