Tan Hills
village · County Durham
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Tan Hills is an Old English name meaning 'hills at the edge' or 'hills by the boundary'. It describes the location of the hills relative to a boundary or edge.
Word origins
- tān
- Old EnglishAttestedtwig, branch, edge, boundary(from tān "twig, branch, edge, boundary")
- hyll
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")