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Hoothill Slang

Other OS name in the Parish of Skeffington

Historical Forms

  • Hoothills 1708,1708(18) Terrier
  • Hoothill 1773 EnclA

Etymology

, v. slang , , 1800 Nichols , 1824 O , Hoothills 1708, 1708 (18)Terrier , Hoothill 1773EnclA , cf. Hoot Hill Gate 1773ib ( v. gata ) ; from tōt-hyll ' a look-out hill ' .