Gratton Hill
hill or mountain · Staffordshire · 364m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
The name 'Gratton Hill' likely derives from an Old English personal name 'Grata' or 'Graetta' combined with 'tun' meaning 'farmstead' or 'village', and 'hyll' meaning 'hill'. It refers to a hill associated with a settlement named Gratton.
Word origins
- Gratton
- Old EnglishAttestedSettlement of Grata/Graetta(from Grata/Graetta "personal name", tūn "farmstead, village")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedHill(from hyll "hill")