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.

Wygill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Wytegill 1324 MinAcct

Etymology

, 1859OS , Wytegill 1324MinAcct , ' white ravine ' , v. hwīt , gil , and for the modern form cf. Whyber (ii, 140infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site