Castle Hill
hill or mountain · Leicestershire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This is a descriptive name, referring to a hill that has or had a castle on it. The term 'castle' is derived from Old English 'castel', which itself comes from Latin 'castellum'.
Word origins
- Castle
- Old EnglishAttestedCastle(from castel "castle", castellum "fortified place, castle")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedHill(from hyll "hill")