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.

Dent Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Dent 1594–1766 PR(B)

Etymology

, 1843TA , cf. Dent House 1724 PR(B) , named from the local family of Dent (1594–1766 PR(B) 27, 64et freq ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name