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.

Gallow Brook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great and Little Paxton

Historical Forms

  • Galuwe 1286 Ass

Etymology

Probably from a place where a gallows was erected.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement