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.

Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Hatfield Broad Oak

Historical Forms

  • Holsted Hill 1777 C

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) [ hɔlstəzhil ] is Holsted Hill 1777 C . In the old monastic records , the road below the sharp descent of the hill is called Holstrete or ' the valley road ' ( F . W . G . ) .