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.

Priest Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Skeffington

Historical Forms

  • Prestwode hyll' 1467×84 LTD
  • Priesthood Hill 1824 O
  • Priestwood 1708,18 Terrier
  • Preistwood 1708 18 ib

Etymology

is Prestwode hyll '1467 × 84LTD , Priesthood Hill 1824 O (v. hyll),Priestwood 1708, 18Terrier , Preistwood 1708 (18) ib , v. prēost , wudu ; woodland endowed for support of the parish priest .