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.

Bale Hill Rush

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Bale Hill 1844 TA

Etymology

, Bale Hill 1844TA , cf. Bale wood 1540 Fount , probably ' beacon hill ' , from ON  bál ' fire ' ( cf. bēl 1 ) , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site