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Scale Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Scalegail 1190–1220 Cockers
  • Scalegill(s) 1710 CtB 1843 TA

Etymology

( lost ) , Scalegail 1190–1220 Cockers, Scalegill (s )1710CtB , 1843TA , ' ravine witha shieling ' , v. skáli , geil ; from the TA map it was at grid 89 – 569803 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site