Motslow Hill
hill or mountain · Warwickshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a hill that served as a meeting place or fortification. 'Motslow' could derive from 'mot' (meeting place) and 'hlaw' (hill or burial mound), suggesting a hill used for assemblies or possibly containing a burial mound.
Word origins
- Motslow
- Old EnglishAttestedMeeting place hill or mound.(from mot / gemot "meeting, assembly", hlaw "hill, mound")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")