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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Fowgill Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ingleby Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Fulbroke c.1150,c.1160 Riev
  • Fowgill 1616 NR

Etymology

'Dirty stream' v. ful , broc , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site