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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cinder Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Scynderhill 1297 LS
  • Sinderhilles, Synderhilles, Sindirhilles 1306 YD
  • Sindirhill 1379 PT 1659 WillS

Etymology

, Scynderhill 1297 LS (p), Sinderhilles , Synderhilles , Sindirhilles 1306 YD, Sindirhill 1379PT (p), 1659 WillS , v. sinder , hyll , no doubt in allusion to the heaps of waste products of early iron - smelting ( cf. Thundercliffe supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement