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.

Benchy Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sandford Orcas

Etymology

, 1838TA , cf. (Lt ) Benchy ib , perhaps from benc ' shelf, bank ' and (ge)hæg ' enclosure ' .