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Gill Foot

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Gil(l)foot(e) 1619 FF 1623 PR(KL) 1702 Kendiii,282
  • le Gill 1547 ib

Etymology

, Gil (l )foot (e )1619FF , 1623PR(KL), 1702 Kend iii, 282, named from le Gill 1547 ib ii, 385 , v. gil ' ravine ' , fōt .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site