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.

Gill Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bromfield

Historical Forms

  • la Gile de Brumfeud 1278 Ass
  • (del) Gylie de Brumeff… 1292 Ass
  • Gyl, Gil ib.
  • La Gile, Le Gyll 1305–6 Ipm

Etymology

'Ravine,' v. gil .