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Survey of English Place-Names

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Peer's Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Pear(e)s hill 1686,1692 PR
  • (th') Peers hill 1722,1725 ib
  • Pear(e)s 1579–1677 PR

Etymology

( lost ) , Pear (e )s hill 1686, 1692 PR, (th ') Peers hill 1722, 1725 ib,named from the local family of Pear (e )s (1579–1677 PR 102, 121,162, etc.) , v. hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement