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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.

Ashby Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashby cum Fenby

Etymology

, perhaps cf. del Hill '1327SR (p) , del hill '1347Cor v. hyll , the name of the steep slope of the Wolds between the 100 and 200 foot contours .