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.
Survey of English place-names
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Gale Bank
Gale Bank
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wensley
Historical Forms
Gailbanc
1293
YD
Etymology
v.
geil
,
bank
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Low Bolton
Ellerlands
Mill Beck
Apedale
Keld Beck
Mouthwaite
Major Settlement
Castle Bolton
Leyburn
Preston under Scar
Redmire
Wensley