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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gazebank

Other OS name in the Parish of Frodsham

Historical Forms

  • Gad Bank 1831 ib
  • Gad Brow 1844 TA

Etymology

( a road , 109 – 568721 ) , Gad Bank 1831 ib, Gad Brow 1844TA , perhaps ' hill where the goad was needed ' , from ME  gadd ' a gad, agoad ' , with banke and brū .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name