Coal Pit Hill
hill or mountain · North Yorkshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name means 'Coal Pit Hill'. It refers to a hill containing or associated with coal pits.
Word origins
- Coal
- Old EnglishAttestedcoal(from col "coal")
- Pit
- Old EnglishAttestedpit, hole(from pytt "pit, hole")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")