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Gallantry Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Gallows or Gallantry Bank 1831 Bry
  • Gallatree Bank(e), Gallowtree Bank(e) 1640 Sheaf13108
  • Gallow Hill 1690 Sheaf

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Gallows or Gallantry Bank 1831 Bry, Gallatree Bank (e ), Gallowtree Bank (e )?1640 Sheaf1 3108,Gallow Hill 1690 Sheaf , ' gallows-tree hill ' , the site of a gibbet , Sheaf 1 3 107 , v. galg-trēow , banke , galga , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site