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.

Wake Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Wakehall close 1569 Vyner

Etymology

, 1771 M , Wakehall close 1569Vyner , ' look-out hill and hall ' v. wacu , hyll , hall .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site