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.

First Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Burton and Dalby

Historical Forms

  • The Big Hill or First Hill 1968 Surv

Etymology

, 1842TA , The Big Hill or First Hill 1968Surv ; either with fyrs ' furze ' or with fyrst ' first, chief,principal ' , cf . The First Hill in Wymondham f.ns. (a) .