Bar Hill
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Bar Hill likely means 'barley hill'. It is composed of the Old English word 'bære' meaning 'barley' and 'hyll' meaning 'hill'.
Word origins
- Bar
- Old Englishbarley(from bære "barley")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")