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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.

Pendle Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Burton (detached)

Etymology

, 1857OS , possibly a transferred name from PendleHill (La 68) , from penno- ' hill ' and hyll , but it may be an independent name of similar origin .