Priestley Hill
hill or mountain
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a hill associated with a priest. The term 'priest' is Old English, and 'hill' is also a common Old English topographical term.
Word origins
- Priest
- Old EnglishAttestedpriest(from prēost "priest")
- ley
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing, meadow(from lēah "wood, clearing, meadow")
- hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")