Whettleton Hill
hill or mountain · Shropshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Whettleton Hill likely derives from an Old English personal name, 'Whetel', combined with 'tun' (settlement) and 'hill', indicating a hill near a settlement named after Whetel.
Word origins
- Whettleton
- Old EnglishAttestedSettlement of Whetel(from Whetel "personal name", tun "settlement, farmstead")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedHill(from hyll "hill")