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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.

Acorn Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Ackering Hill Close 1796 Fairb

Etymology

, Ackering Hill Close 1796 Fairb , v. æcern ' acorn ' , hyll , and for the spelling cf. Accrington Lane 89 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name