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from m-w.com:
tor...noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English torr
Date: before 12th century
a high craggy hill
...and M-W is no help at all for Pen (n) = hill (though it does give "prison" and "female swan" and nothing whatsoever to suggest How (n) = hill...
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