Linton Hill
hill or mountain · Dorset · 96m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name combines 'lin' (flax) with 'tun' (settlement, farmstead) and 'hyll' (hill). It describes a hill associated with a flax-growing farmstead.
Word origins
- Lint
- Old EnglishAttestedflax, linen(from lin "flax, linen")
- Ton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from tun "settlement, farmstead")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")