Mill Knowe
hill or mountain · Northumberland
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name likely refers to a hill associated with a mill. 'Mill' comes from the Old English 'mylen' meaning a place for grinding grain. 'Knowe' is a dialectal term for a small hill or knoll.
Word origins
- Mill
- Old Englishmill(from mylen "mill")
- Knowe
- Old Englishhillock, knoll(from cnoll "knoll, small hill")