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Shipmaster's Hill

hill or mountain · County Durham

Old EnglishAI-generated

Shipmaster's Hill likely derives from Old English 'scip(en)maester' (shipmaster) and 'hyll' (hill). It refers to a hill associated with a shipmaster.

Word origins

Shipmaster's
Old Englishshipmaster's(from scip(en)maester "shipmaster")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")