Lose Hill

Lose Hill

Lose Hill as seen from approach to Win Hill
Highest point
Elevation 476 m (1,562 ft)
Prominence 76 m (249 ft)
Geography
Location Peak District, England
OS grid SK153854
Topo map OS Landranger 110

Lose Hill lies in the Derbyshire Peak District. It is 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).

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]

Lose Hill as seen from Hope village

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]

References

  1. Edwards, Brian (Spring 2001). "A rambler made". Dore Village Society. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008.
  2. Henderson, Mark P (2011). Folk Tales of the Peak District. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 1445601079.

Coordinates: 53°21′55″N 1°46′18″W / 53.36525°N 1.77154°W / 53.36525; -1.77154


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