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Joule Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Taxal

Etymology

, cf. GowholeDb 153 ( Jawhill 1587 , Jowhole 1767 ) . Db 153 relates these with a Db surname Joule . These names may also be related to the f.n. JowlHole 186infra . It is possible that the el . in common is ModE  jowl ' a jaw ' ( NED jowl ) , used in a topographical sense ' ravine ' , cf. OE ceafl in Charlesworth Db 68 .