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.

Hammiton Hill & Hammiton Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Shipton Gorge

Historical Forms

  • Hammerdon Hill 1811 OS
  • Hamitton Hill 1841 TA
  • Hamitton Coppice ib

Etymology

( Hammerdon Hill 1811 OS, Hamitton Hill 1841TA ) ( Hamitton Coppice ib ) , cf. also Hamitton (Md )ib , probably dūn ' hill ' , first el . uncertain .