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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gull Field

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bluntisham cum Earith

Historical Forms

  • YeGulls 1712 Terr

Etymology

As the earlier form shows, this has nothing to do with the bird but contains the word gull , apparently a variant of gool (OFr  goule ), still used dialectally of a channel made by a stream and found in Goole (Y). It is related to the words gully and gullet . The field is intersected by water–courses.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement