96 TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



seughs — occurs in both forms in old perambulations. Henry 

 YIII. and James I." Boll. 



Hawkesley Hill — perhaps from proper name, or lea of the 

 hawk. 



Hill Top -Hill End— Hills, Seven. 



High Clove Hill — ? cleft hill, on an elevation. 



HoUin Hill — from lioleyn, holen, A.-S., Holly Tree Hill. 



Hunder Hill — of the hundred. 



Knott Hill — a pleonasm. Knott, or knoll, top of a hill, hil- 

 lock, mound, or Knott's Hill. 



Lamb Hill — Lamb's Hill — proper name, or from lambs. 



Lily Hill, Daisy Hill, and Primrose Hill. 



Metal Band Hill — mineral term. 



Mill Hill. 



Millstone How Hill = Mill-stone-hill-hill ! 1897 feet high. 



Noon Hill — " Noon Hill conveys to the minds of my people 

 no idea of the time of day, nor have they a notion of what the 

 name signifies. They pronounce it Nu-an Hill. Nun-hill is 

 probably the right form." Bell. " Detached Hill Nun (Old 

 Engl.) from nimne, originally an orphan, afterwards a nun — 

 Nun-hill." Height 2072 feet. The name occurs elsewhere, and 

 at a time when nuns were common in England, the outward 

 form of the hill might, from some particular point of view, have 

 a fanciful resemblance of a nun. Cf. The Jungfrau in Switzer- 

 land. 



Peeping Hill — ? from the view thence. 



Penny Hill. 



Plucka Hill — ? pluck, courage. The A.-S. plucciam, to pluck 

 or pull off, gives no clue. 



E,aby Hill — ^near Eaby. q. v. 



Easp Hill — ? from raspberries growing there. 



Eavenhills — from the bird; height 1601 feet. 



Saw Hill — ? smvan, A.-S., to saw. 



Seavy Hill — rushy hill; from siv, Dan., a rush; occurs twice. 

 See Seavy. 



Slates Hill— from slates. 



Sorrowful Hill, near West Layton. See Sorrowful. 



