Lose Hill
| Lose Hill | |||
| Derbyshire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lose Hill as seen from approach to Win Hill | |||
| Range: | Peak District | ||
| Summit: | 1,562 feet SK153854 53°21’55"N, 1°46’18"W | ||
Lose Hill is in the Derbyshire Peak District, marking the south-east corner of the Parish of Edale and the end of the Great Ridge that runs from Rushup Edge to the west (over Mam Tor, Hollins Cross and Back Tor).
A local access activist, G H B Ward, was given an area of Lose Hill by the Sheffield and District Federation of the Ramblers Association in 1945, which was named Ward's Piece: he subsequently presented this to the National Trust.[1]
Name
Suggested explanations for the name of Lose Hill include that it derives from the Old English hlose, meaning pigsties, or that it may be a corruption of ‘loose’, as in ‘free land’. Another author, Murray, argues that Lose Hill should actually be called 'Laws Hill',[2] from the Old English hlaw meaning "hill".
What seems certain is that Lose Hill and its neighbour Win Hill (which narrowly loses on height) are not named for any combat between them.
References
- ↑ Edwards, Brian (Spring 2001). "A rambler made". Dore Village Society. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081015225146/http://www.dorevillage.co.uk/doretodoorspr01/localhistoryspr01.htm.
- ↑ Henderson, Mark P (2011). Folk Tales of the Peak District. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 1445601079.