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.

Whiley Hill, Whiley Hill Sand Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Haughton le Skerne

Historical Forms

  • Wyliehill 1602 SurteesIII271
  • E Wylie Hill, NE Wylie Hill, W Wylie Hill 1838×40 TA

Etymology

, Wyliehill 1602 Surtees III271, E Wylie Hill , NE Wylie Hill , W Wylie Hill 1838×40TA , cf. Wylie Hill Close 1838×40ib , v. wilig ' awillow-tree ' .