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Adam's Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Adam scale 1840 TA

Etymology

, 1859OS , Adam scale 1840TA , the pers. n. Adam ( as in Adamthwaite ii, 33supra and Adam Slacks Gill ii, 51infra ) , v. skáli ' shieling ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement