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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gallowsclough Fm, Gallowsclough Hill & Gallowsclough Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Historical Forms

  • Gallows Clough 1819 EnclA

Etymology

, [ -klʌf ] , Gallows Clough 1819EnclA , ' dell near a gallows ' , v. galga , clōh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name