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.

Gammersgill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coverham

Historical Forms

Gamelscale 1388 IpmR

Gamylscale 15 VCHi.222

Etymology

'Gamel's hut,' from ON Gamall and skali.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement