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.

Sheffield's Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Roxby cum Risby

Historical Forms

  • Sheffield Hill 1824 O

Etymology

, Sheffield Hill 1824 O , cf. Sheffeild close 1647Elw , named from the Lords Sheffield , who held land here certainly from the early 17th century , cf. lord Sheffield 1601Terrier .