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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.

Pry Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Etymology

, doubtless ' look-out hill ' from ME  prien ' to pry, to spy ' , hyll ( cf. prāw ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement