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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gilling Pleck

Field in the Parish of Egginton

Historical Forms

  • 1791 EnclA

Etymology

Gilling Pleck(cf. perhaps Gyllemedewe 1406, Gylmedowe c. 1409, the modern form being apparently'Gil's pasture',v. eng, plek)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement