Bramshot Hill
hill or mountain · Hampshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely combines the Old English word 'bræmbel', meaning bramble or blackberry bush, with 'hōt', meaning hot or perhaps a place name element. It suggests a place associated with brambles. The final element 'hyll' means hill.
Word origins
- Bramshot
- Old EnglishAttestedplace associated with brambles(from bræmbel "bramble", hōt "hot, or place name element")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")