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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gospel Thorn

Other OS name in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth

Etymology

, 1859OS , ' thorn where the Gospelwas read ' , usually when the parish bounds were beaten , but this spot is not on a boundary .