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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Clargill

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Clergill 1575 CWxiv
  • Claregill 1599 Derwent 1741 DKRxiii
  • Clargill 1622 CWxiv
  • Coal Clugh 1707 PR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Clergill 1575 CW xiv, Claregill 1599Derwent , 1741 DKR xiii,Clargill 1622 CW xiv. Possibly 'clerk gil,' Coal Cleugh (6″) isCoal Clugh 1707 PR . v. clōh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement