English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Gawklands

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Gaukland 1842 TA

Etymology

, Gaukland 1842TA , v. gaukr ' cuckoo ' ( or the ON byname Gaukr ) , land .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site