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.

White Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Etymology

, 1811 OS , cf. White hill Close 1640Seymer , v. hwīt ' white ' ( alluding to chalk , cf. nearby Chalk Pit 6″ ) , hyll .