Pinlow Hill
hill or mountain · County Durham
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Pinlow Hill may combine an Old English personal name or a word related to 'pin' with 'low', meaning a hill or mound, and 'hill'. It could refer to a prominent or marked hill.
Word origins
- Pinlow
- Old EnglishAttestedmarked hill or mound(from pin "mark, point", hlāw "hill, mound")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")