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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.

Snaygill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • Snachehale 1086 DB
  • Snaygill 1550,1563 WillY 1571 Skp 1817 M
  • Sneagill 1655 PRSk
  • Snegill 1661 ib

Etymology

Snaygill, Snachehale 1086 DB, Snaygill 1550, 1563 WillY, 1571Skp 20et freq to 1817 M, Sneagill 1655 PRSk, Snegill 1661 ib.'Snake-infested nook of land', from OE  snaca and halh. The later form arises from voicing of medial intervocalic -k - (as in Giggleswick 144infra ) and by analogy from many p.ns. in gill .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name