Well Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Well Hill is a straightforward descriptive name, indicating a hill associated with a spring or well. It combines the Old English 'wella' (well) with 'hyll' (hill).
Word origins
- Well
- Old EnglishAttestedwell, spring(from wella "spring, well")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")