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.

Metherhills

Other OS name in the Parish of Kimmeridge

Historical Forms

  • Mether Hill 1861 Hutch3

Etymology

, Mether Hill 1861Hutch3 , probably ' middle hill ' , v. middel , hyll , cf. Metherall D 175,427 , but mǣðere ' a mower ' is also a possible first el .