English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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The Dighills, Dighill Brook & Dighill Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Gawsworth

Historical Forms

  • Dighill Brook 1831 Bry
  • Dighill Nursery 1842 OS
  • Diggles 1847 TA

Etymology

, Dighill Brook 1831 Bry, Dighill Nursery 1842 OS, Diggles 1847TA , perhaps ' dikehills ' , v. dīc , dík , hyll . The brook becomes Chapel Brook 18supra .