Bale Hill
Other OS name in the Parish of Musgrave
Historical Forms
- -hills 1688 CtB
- Baile(e)hill 1723 Surv 1842 TA
Etymology
, -hills 1688CtB , Baile (e )hill 1723Surv , 1842TA , probably ' beacon hill ' , from ON bál , ME bale ' fire, bonfire, beaconfire ' , which can be spelled as e. ModE bail ( v. NED s.v. bale sb. 2,Phonol. §5 ) , cf. Bale Hill (ii, 109infra ) and EPN i , 27 s.v. bēl 1 .
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Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Blandswath Bridge
- Blecket's Dub
- Bowber Hill
- Brackenber Hill
- Brigbriggs
- Broomrigg End
- Byrestead
- Cowber Hill
- Eden Flatt
- Flascoe Wood
- Grassgill Rigg
- Greenplats Hill
- Haining Wood
- Hall Garth
- Harecrag Fold
- Hayber Hill
- Heanings Fm
- Hull Bank
- Intake Hill
- Johnson Scar
- Keld Head
- Langrigg
- Lowgill Bank
- Loy's Dub
- Musgrave Bridge, Fell, Scar & Scarth
- Nettle Pot
- Raven Crag
- Rudd Hills
- Smithfield
- Sunny Brow
- Swillings Lane
- Tarn Gill
- Thunder Stone
- Little Turplacks
- White Rigg