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.

Hound Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Pamphill

Historical Forms

  • Houne Hill 1591 DLMB

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Houne Hill 1591DLMB , cf. Hound Hill Grd , Hound Hill Moor & Hound Hill Orchd 1847TA , probably ' hill wherehounds were kept ' , from hund and hyll ( there are still kennels nearby 6 ″ ) , but the first el . could alternatively be the plant - name hūne ' hoarhound ' .