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Howgill Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Howgill 1631 Kendii,432

Etymology

, cf. How gill holme 1841TA , ' hollow ravine ' , v. hol 2 , gil , cf. Howgill Castle (ii,120infra ) , but this p.n. may be more directly from the local family name of Edmund Howgill 1631 Kend ii, 432 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site