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.

Weather Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Historical Forms

  • Great Wedderley 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Great Wedderley 1709 WMB , v. weðer ' a wether sheep ' , lēah or hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site