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Creech Hill, Creech Hill Fm & Creech Hill Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Wimborne St Giles

Historical Forms

  • Screech Hill 1811 OS
  • E Critchill, Critchill Fd 1838 TA

Etymology

, Screech Hill 1811 OS, E Critchill , Critchill Fd 1838TA , probably from PrWelsh or PrCorn *crǖg ' mound, hill ' with explanatory OE  hyll ' hill ' , in which case it is analogous with Long Crichel par . infra ( 4 miles SW ) ; the hill is 300 ′ high and stands where the par . boundaries of Cranborne , Edmondsham and Wimborne St G . meet .