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.

Edge Hills

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Edge hill(s) 1628–1692 Comm

Etymology

, Edge hill (s )1628–1692Comm (freq ) , v. ecg ' escarpment ' , here the long , lofty ridge north of Cinderford .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement