DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 5 I 



High Peak.— (D.D.B. Hammenstan, Hamelestan.)— High is from the 

 A.S. heag, heage, heah, hean, hig, hih— high, lofty, sublime, chief, 

 noble, excellent. For Peak, see Peak, The, infra. 



Hill-Somersall. — (D.D.B. Summersale.) — Also written Summershall. — 

 A.S. hill, hyl, hyll— a hill, a mountain— A.S. sumer, suinor— summer, 

 and A.S. selu, sele, sel, salu, salo, sal — a hall, palace, seat, dwelling 

 mansion, or perhaps, A.S. alh, ealh, heal, heall, having a similar signi- 

 fication ; — the summer dwelling or hall on the bill. 



Hilton.— (D.D.B. Hiltune, Hiltvnc.)— A.S. hill, hyl, hyll— a hill, a moun- 

 tain, and A.S. tun — a town ; — the town on the hill. 



Hogrnaston.- (D.D.B. Ochenauestun.) — The first element in this name may 

 be Irom the N. personal name Ugga. The postfix is from the A.S. tun — 

 a town. Ugga's town. 



Holbrook.— (D.D.B. Holebroc.)— A.S. hoi, hole— a hole, a hollow, and A.S. 

 broc, brooc — a brook ; — the brook in the hollow. 



Hollington. — (D.D.B. Holintvne, Holintune.)— A.S. holegn, holen— the 

 holly tree, and A.S. tun — a town ; — the holly tree town. 



Holm.— (D.D.B. Holvn.)— N. holme (A.S. holm)-a river island, or an 

 island in a lake, a green plot of land environed with water. 



Holme HalL— (D.D.B. Holun.) — For Holme, see above. The adjunct is 

 A.S. alh, ealh, heal, heall— a hall, palace, temple, place of entertain- 

 ment, inn, house ; — the hall of the river island or land surrounded by water. 



Holmesfield— (D.D.B. Holmesfelt.)— For the initial syllable, see above. 

 The final syllable is A.S. feld, fild — a field, pasture, plain ;— the field 

 or pasture on the river island. 



HOOD., Hown, or Hogan— (D.D.B. Hoge, Hougen.)-A.S. heag, 

 heage — high ; — a high place. 



Hope —(D.D.B. Hope.)— C. hwpp— a slope, or the side of a hilL 



Hopping.— From upping, A.S. up, upp— the place where swans were 

 taken to be upped. See " Swanhopping," Latham's Dictionary oj the 

 English Language. 



Hopton— (D.D.B. Opetune.)— C. hwpp— the side of a hill, or a slope be- 

 tween hills, and A.S. tun — a town; — the town on the slope. 



Hopwell.— {D.D.B. Opeuuelle.)— C. hwpp— the side of a hill, or a slope 



between hills, and A.S. wyl, wil, wyll, well — a well or fountain; the 



well, or fountain on the slope. 



Horsley— (D.D.B. Horsdei.)— The initial syllable is probably from the 

 A.S. personal name Horsa, and the terminal syllable fiom the A.S. leg, 

 leag, lea, leah, lag, lah— a meadow, a field, land ; — Horsa 's field or land. 



Houghton, Stoney.— (D.D.B. Holtvne.)— The initial syllable is from the 

 A.S. hof — apalace, house, dwelling, also a cave, den. The postfix is from 

 the A.S. tun— a town. The adjunct is from the A.S. stzen, stan — stone. 

 The stony or paved house town. 



