Stob Hill
hill or mountain · Northumberland
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a pointed hill. 'Stob' means a sharp point or peak, and 'Hill' is an English word for a hill or mountain.
Word origins
- Stob
- GaelicAttestedpointed peak(from stob "stake, post, pointed object")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")