Soot has more than one meaning. One of them is from the Old English swot a variety of swete which means sweet (source the OED). As in "As the fayre and swoote rose spryngeth among the thorns" (1430) Sweethill sounds a nice place to live. Cheers Charles in Cambridge -----Original Message----- From: ZALAE@aol.com [mailto:ZALAE@aol.com] Sent: 10 June 2003 19:22 To: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [N'Yorks] Soothill Thanks to all who have responded to my request re Soothill and I`ve found it on the "Oldmaps site" under Dewsbury, must have been a right horrible place to live unless it had it`s name from the Norse. Learnt this week that a `wong` was norse for a meadow. so hill I can follow but the prefix of soot !! escaapes me. Was it a `Black Hill ? Can anyone help Jack ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== ---> Some placed you don't want to miss!! ~~ "Newbies' Guide: http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html ~~ ~~ Genuki England: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/ ~~ ~~ UK Public Records Office: http://www.pro.gov.uk ~~ ~~ UK Newspapers? http://dds.nl/~kidon/media-link/ukpapers.shtml ~~ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.488 / Virus Database: 287 - Release Date: 05/06/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.488 / Virus Database: 287 - Release Date: 05/06/2003