Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hogail(l), Hogayl 1256 Ass4 1292 1295 Kendi,318 1297 Pat 1307 Ipm 1375 Ipm

• Hugayl 1274 Kendi,318 1383 Pedw79

• Hagayl (sic) 1274 Ipm

• Hogill, Hogyll 1341 Ipm 1383 Pedw78 1417 Pat 1434 Kendi,327 1570 FF

• Hugill, Hugyl(l) 1457 Kendi,327 1504 Ipm 1518 Kendi,57 1823 M

• Hewgill, Hewgyll 1532,1539 Kendi,65,330 1545 NCWills 1558,1567 Visit 1669 Kendi,340

Etymology

The later spellings in Hew - and the modern pronunciation [ˈhiu-] show that the first el. had originally a long vowel -ō –; the name probably therefore means, as Lindkvist 56 suggests, 'the high ravine', from ON  hór , a variant of ON  hár (on which v. Lindkvist 224) and geil 'ravine', later replaced by the more common gil . The ravine referred to is that running north from the Gowan to Hugill Hall and Heights.