Survey of English Place-Names

Etymology

( TGuide ) , St Joanes Hill 1623 Hutch3 , St Iohns Hill 1774 Map , a waste piece of ground called St John 's or Jones 's Hill or the Saw Pits 1774 Hutch1 , cf. Saw Pitt (s ) Green 1747Ryder , c. 1753 DROMap , Sawpits 1824 Pigot , named from the lost St John's Chapel supra , cf. peece of ground where sometimes stood the Church of St John 1629 DCMDecd , v. hyll , saw-pit , grēne 2 ; in the ' constitutions ' of the borough 1623 lt : ls stated that on market day ' the swine that are to be sold shall be brought to St Joanes Hill'(Hutch3 1125) .