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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bleathgill

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Bleethkeld, Bleathkeld 1591,1768,1774 PR(B)
  • Bleathgill 1661 ib
  • Blay[thgill] 1699 ib

Etymology

, Bleethkeld ,Bleathkeld 1591, 1768, 1774 PR(B) , Blethg : 1596 ib , Bleathgill 1661ib, Blay [thgill ]1699 ib , v. kelda ' spring ' ; the first el . may be connected with OE  blēað ' gentle, shy, weak, inactive ' used perhaps as a stream - name .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name