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Water Gap Riggs

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Wattergapp 1580 Skp

Etymology

, Wattergapp 1580Skp 24 , v. wæter , gap ' opening ( in a fence ) , a gap in the hills ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site