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Brinkhill

village · Lincolnshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Brinkhill is named from the Old English words 'brinc' or 'brink' and 'hyll', meaning hill. It refers to a hill on the edge or brink of something.

Word origins

Brinkhill
Old Englishhill on the brink(from brinc/brink "edge, brink", hyll "hill")

Historical forms

Brunkehil