Underwood Hill
hill or mountain · Nottinghamshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Underwood Hill is a descriptive Old English name. It refers to a hill located below or beneath a wood or forest.
Word origins
- Under
- Old EnglishAttestedBeneath, below(from under "under, beneath")
- wood
- Old EnglishAttestedWood, forest(from wudu "wood, forest")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedHill(from hyll "hill")