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Shire Hill

hill or mountain · Derbyshire · 307m

Old EnglishAI-generated

Shire Hill likely means 'boundary hill' in Old English. It would have marked a boundary or administrative division.

Word origins

Shire
Old Englishboundary, administrative district(from scīr "district, boundary")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")