Stentiford Hill
hill or mountain · Torbay · 71m
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Stentiford Hill likely combines the Old English 'stent' or 'stentel' (boundary, place set up) with 'ford' (a river crossing) and 'hill'. It may refer to a hill near a boundary crossing or a place where a boundary was marked at a ford.
Word origins
- Stentiford
- Old Englishboundary ford(from stent / stentel "boundary / place set up", ford "ford")
- Hill
- Old Englishhill