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.

Shoulder of Mutton Whin

Other OS name in the Parish of Hemsworth

Historical Forms

  • Hemsworth Whin 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, so called from the shape of the plot of ground , formerly Hemsworth Whin 1841 O.S. , v. hvin ' gorse ' .