Bullby Hill
hill or mountain · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable3 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name combines the Old English 'bull' (bull or bull-calf) with 'by', meaning a farmstead or village. It likely refers to a hill associated with a settlement named Bullby.
Word origins
- Bull
- Old Englishbull(from bull "bull")
- by
- Old Norsefarmstead, village(from býr "farmstead, village")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")
Historical forms
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