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.

Mirk Gill, Mirkside

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Myrksyde 1540 DRH

Etymology

, Myrksyde 1540DRH , v. myrkr ' dark, muddy ' , gil , sīde .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement