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.

Pit Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Smeeton Westerby

Historical Forms

  • Pitts 1745 Terrier

Etymology

( local ) , Pitts 1745Terrier , cf. Pittfurlong 1636ib , Pit Furlong 1850Map ( v. furlang ) , v. pytt ; alluding to gravel pits .