Lyme Hill
hill or mountain · Dorset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a hill associated with a river, possibly the River Lyd, or a place where lyme grass grew.
Word origins
- Lyme
- Old EnglishAttestedriver name or lyme grass(from Lydan "to flow", līm "lime, lyme grass")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")