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.

Blow Gill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hawnby

Historical Forms

Blawathgila 1170–2 BylE

Etymology

'Ravine with the dark ford' v. blar , vað , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement