Totherley Hill
hill or mountain · Northumberland
Old EnglishAI-generated
Totherley Hill likely derives from Old English, possibly meaning 'thorny clearing hill'. It could combine 'tōðer' (fodder, or a variant of thorn) with 'lēah' (clearing, meadow) and 'hyll' (hill).
Word origins
- Totherley
- Old Englishthorny clearing(from tōðer "fodder, thorn", lēah "clearing, meadow")
- Hill
- Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")