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.

Goldhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Aylestone

Etymology

, 1756EnclA , v. hyll ; either with gold ( poss . used of ' gold treasure ' , perh . that discovered in an early burial since the site is at the old parish boundary ( but also used in the sense ' golden-hued ' ) ) , or with golde ' a golden flower ' , such as the marigold .