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.

Hunger Hills

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Hungrels 1842 TA

Etymology

, 1859OS , Hungrels 1842TA , v. hungor , hyll , a name denoting poor pasture .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site