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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whingill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Quenegile 13 Musg
  • Whingill 1612 Dd
  • -beck, -head 1687 BdyR

Etymology

, Quenegile 13Musg , Whingill 1612Dd , (-beck , -head ) 1687BdyR , ' gorse ravine ' , v. hvin , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site