Windmill Hill
hamlet · Essex
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Windmill Hill is a descriptive Old English name indicating a hill where a windmill is located. It denotes the presence of a windmill on an elevated site.
Word origins
- Windmill-
- Old EnglishAttestedWindmill(from wind "wind", mylen "mill")
- hill
- Old EnglishAttestedHill(from hyll "hill")