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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")