Survey of English Place-Names

Etymology

, 1842TA , cf. Triangular pce , Triangular Plant .1842ib , so named from their shape . ( N ) Trigon Fm , Trigon Ho , Trigon Hill ( 1842TA , Gt .Trigdon 1811 OS ) , ( Lt ) Trigon Hill Plant . ( 1842TA ) , cf. E Trigon Grd , W Trigon Grd , Heath Land Little Trigon Hill , Trigon tree plant .,Trigon Vales 1842TA , probably from trigon ' a triangle ' ( 1600 NED ) , describing the shape of the hill or the farm , although 1811 OS has interpreted it as a compound with dūn ' hill ' ; an earlier name for Trigon Hill ( and/or Fm ) was North Hungerhill 1774 Hutch1 , North Hungerhill or Trigon , North Hungerhill now called Trigon Hill 1861 Hutch3 , Hungerhull 1318Ch , Hunigerhill 1464Weld 1 , Hungerhill 1483MinAcct , 1484 IpmR , Hungerill c. 1628Strode , cf. Hungerhill Heath 1811 OS , a contemptuous name for poor land , v. hungor , hyll ; ' north ' to dis - tinguish it from S Hungerhill in E Stoke par . supra .