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Gawthorpe Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Bingley

Historical Forms

  • Gawkethorpe 1540 MinAcct 1567 Stansf
  • Gawthorp (howse) 1592 Comm

Etymology

, 1822 Langd , Gawkethorpe 1540MinAcct ,1567Stansf 444, Gawthorp (howse )1592Comm , ' cuckoo farm ' , v. gaukr , þorp and Gawthorpe ii, 102supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name