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 Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Topcliffe

Historical Forms

  • Galgholm 1333 Percy

Etymology

'Gallow field' from ON  galgi and holmr.