Midsummer Hill
hill or mountain · County of Herefordshire · 284m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Midsummer Hill is a hill name. It may refer to a hill where midsummer festivities took place, or a hill that is prominent during the midsummer period. It combines Old English 'middel' (middle) and 'sumer' (summer) with 'hyll' (hill).
Word origins
- Midsummer
- Old EnglishAttestedmidsummer(from middel "middle", sumer "summer")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")