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.

Woolmer Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Shottermill

Historical Forms

  • Woolmer Hill Common 1839 TA

Etymology

is Woolmer Hill Common 1839TA , and must have been so named because it was on the borders of the old Woolmer Forest (Ha) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement