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Survey of English Place-Names

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Owl Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Wluegille 1324 MinAcct
  • Ul(l)gillhead(e) 1636,1652 BdyR(M.3,4)

Etymology

, 1859OS , v. ūle ' owl ' , gil ; Wluegille (1324MinAcct ) may, andUl (l )gillhead (e ) (1636, 1652BdyR (M. 3, 4)) certainly , refer to a different place , Uldale Gill Head , just over the county boundary in Muker (YN) and are ' wolves' ravine ' , v. ulfr , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site