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.

Lan Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Chippenham

Historical Forms

  • Lannell Hill c.1840 TA

Etymology

is Lannell Hill c. 1840TA . Probably Lannell is for earlier Langenhill , ' long hill , ' and the second hill is redundant , cf. Lannock(PN Herts 146) .