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.

Mill Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Pontefract

Historical Forms

  • Miln' hill 1486 MinAcct
  • the mylne Hill 1515 TestLds
  • molend' ventr' de Tanshelf 1486 MinAcct

Etymology

, 1841 O.S. , Miln ' hill 1486MinAcct 66, the mylne Hill 1515 TestLds, namedfrom the windmill or molend ' ventr ' de Tanshelf 1486MinAcct 66 , v. myln , hyll .