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.

Gauber

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Gober 1712 ib
  • Gawber 1802 ib

Etymology

, 1794 PR , Gober 1712 ib, Gawber 1802 ib , probably , as elsewhere , ' gallow hill ' , v. galga , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement