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.

Hills Hey

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Hillshay 1686 PRGis

Etymology

, Hillshay 1686 PRGis , ' hill copse ' , v. hyll , sceaga .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site