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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gallowsclough Cob

Other OS name in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Historical Forms

  • Geradeslowe 1503 ChFor
  • Garruslow 1819 Orm2
  • Currus Low Cob 1842 OS

Etymology

( 109–570713 ) , a tumulus now named from foll. , formerly Geradeslowe 1503ChFor , Garruslow 1819 Orm2, Currus Low Cob 1842OS , from the ME  pers.n. Gerard ( OG  Gerard ) and hlāw , cobb(e) . Gerard was the surname of a family with estates in Kingsley 239infra from before 1260 (Orm2 II131) , and this may be the origin of the p.n .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name