Watergall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Watergall
Historical Forms
- Watergall 1595,1603,1619 Ladbroke
- Watergate style c.1600 ib
- Watergalle 1607 Recov
- Wattergale 1667 HT
Etymology
The second element is the ME galle , noted in PN Nth 263 and used in dialect to denote a barren or unfertile spot in a field and also of spongy ground. In combination with water we probably have here the latter meaning. Cf. Watergalle 1278Coventry (Ufton) and Watergall 1450Ct (Wellesbourne).
Places in the same Parish
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