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.

Underhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • Under the Hill 1608 LRMB

Etymology

( local ) , Under the Hill 1608LRMB , used of the Chesil and Fortuneswell district below Verne Yeates supra , cf. Tophillsupra .

Places in the same Parish