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.

Sawney Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Tickhill

Etymology

, cf. Saint Foin Close 1849TA , from Fr , ModE  sainfoin ' a low-growing forage plant ' ( common in YW f. ns . passim ) , v. hyll , clos .