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.

Ball's Coppice & Ball's Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sydling St Nicholas

Historical Forms

  • Balls Hill 1839 TA

Etymology

, Balls Hill 1839TA , cf. Joh 'Bolledomu ' et curtill '1321MiltC , Thomas Bolle 1332 SR , ten ' Joh 'is Ball 1332Winch , Joh ' Balcot '1384Winch .