Tinkers Hill
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name likely refers to a hill associated with tinkers or metalworkers. The plural 'tinkers' suggests it might have been a place where several tinkers worked or gathered.
Word origins
- Tinkers
- Old Englishmetalworkers, menders of pots(from tincere "tinker")
- Hill
- Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")