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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.

Grassgill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Grassegill bottome 1636 CtB
  • Girsegill bottome 1641 ib

Etymology

, 1684ManR , 1829 Dir , Grassegill bottome 1636CtB , Girsegill bottome 1641 ib , v. gærs , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site