English Place-name Society

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.

Gautries Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Peak Forest

Historical Forms

  • Gawtresse 1617 Hard
  • Gaultrise Chas1 DuLa

Etymology

, Gawtresse 1617Hard , Gaultrise Chas 1DuLa , ' gallows-trees ' , v. galga , trēow .