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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")