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Toft Hill

hill or mountain · North Yorkshire

Old NorseAI-generated

The name Toft Hill likely derives from the Old Norse word 'toft', meaning a homestead or building site, combined with the Old English word 'hyll', meaning hill. It refers to a hill that was historically associated with a toft.

Word origins

Toft
Old Norsehomestead, building site(from topt "plot of ground, site of a house")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")