Spoonbed Hill
hill or mountain · Gloucestershire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Spoonbed Hill may refer to a hill where a 'spoon' or 'spong' (tinder) was found or used. Alternatively, it could relate to a 'spone' or 'spoon' as a tool, or a narrow strip of land.
Word origins
- Spoonbed
- Old EnglishAttestedspoon-bed, tinder-bed, or possibly a narrow strip of land(from spōn "spoon", bedd "bed")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")