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Heck Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Etymology

, 1859OS , possibly the ON  fem. pers.n. Hekja , or dial . heck ' hatch ' ; locally a heck is a gate suspended from a pole over a stream to join up walls which come down to each side of the water 's edge ; v. hæc , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site