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.

Harrow Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Long Compton

Etymology

is so named c. 1800 ib . Cf. Harrow Hill (PNSx 165) and Harowdownehulle (1406 Eyns) in Wood Eaton (O) . It may have been marked by a heathen ' harrow , ' v. hearg .