Cryers Hill
village · Buckinghamshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Cryers Hill likely refers to a hill where crying or lamenting occurred, or perhaps a hill associated with a person named 'Cryer'. It combines an Old English term with 'hyll', meaning hill.
Word origins
- cryer
- Old Englishone who cries, a crier(from crīere "one who cries")
- hyll
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")