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.

Outhgill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Hothegill 1324 MinAcct

Etymology

, 1800Dd , 1823 Hothegill 1324MinAcct , probably ' desolate ravine ' from ON  auðr ' empty, deserted ' and gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site