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.

Champany Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Champney Hill 1771 M

Etymology

, Champney Hill 1771 M , ME champayne ( OFr  champaigne ) , ' level open country , open unenclosed land , the moor on top of a hill ' ( v. NED s.v . ) , found in a variant form in Champion ( Grindleton ) pt . vi infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site