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.

Castle Mound

Other OS name in the Parish of Alderton

Historical Forms

  • the Castle Hill 1636 InqM 1838 TA

Etymology

, the Castle Hill 1636 InqM, 1838TA , v. castel , here referring to the earthworks on the hill - top above Dixton .