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.

Hungry Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Powerstock

Historical Forms

  • Gt Hunger hills & Hr Hunger hills 1840 TA(Wytherstone)

Etymology

, Gt Hunger hills & Hr Hunger hills 1840TA (Wytherstone) , a derogatory name for poor ground , v. hungor , hungrig .