Lillington Hill
hill or mountain · Dorset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Lillington Hill likely derives from the Old English place name Lillington, meaning 'Lilling's settlement'. The 'hill' element is a straightforward topographic descriptor.
Word origins
- Lillington
- Old EnglishAttestedLilling's settlement(from Lilling "personal name (derived from 'Lilla')", -ingas "people of", -tun "settlement, farmstead")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")