Harthill

Harthill

English

Etymology

From Old English heorot (“deer, hart”) + hyll (“hill”).

Proper noun

Harthill (countable and uncountable, plural Harthills)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5055).
   2. A civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England.
   3. A village in Harthill with Woodall parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4980).
   4. A village split between North Lanarkshire council area and West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9064).
2. A habitational surname, from Old English​.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Harthill is the 29139^th most common surname in England, belonging to 128 individuals.

Derived terms

• Harthill with Woodall

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Harthill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135.
• Forebears