a large number of English place names are Saxon in origin...

On an analogous note - is there any truth to the statement that "Torpenhow Hill" represents four generations of conquest, linguistic assimilation, and inadvertent redundancy bred of ignorance, and would really be "HillHillHill Hill" if translated back into the respective languages of the successive conquerors?

i.e., TOR = hill in indigenous language
PEN = hill in language of first conqueror, who called it Tor Pen, thinking it was "Tor Hill"
HOW = hill by next wave, giving "Torpen How" in his language
HILL by most recent, etc., giving the present Torpenhow Hill

Or is this all just another appealing Urban Legend?