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Gale Bog

Other OS name in the Parish of Rostherne

Historical Forms

  • Gaily Bog 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Gaily Bog 1831 Bry , ' bog wherebog-myrtle grows ' , v. gagel , bog .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name