Checker Hill
hill or mountain · East Riding of Yorkshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Checker Hill may refer to a hill marked by a 'checquer' or pattern, possibly in cultivation or natural features, or a hill associated with a checkerboard-like pattern. The 'hill' element is topographical.
Word origins
- Checker
- Old EnglishAttestedMarked with a pattern(from cicen "chicken", raca "rake")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedHill(from hyll "hill")