English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Written Rock of Gelt

Other OS name in the Parish of Brampton

Historical Forms

  • Written Rocks on Gelt 1794 H

Etymology

is Written Rocks on Gelt 1794 H . The name refers to a Roman inscription on the rock - face above the Gelt (supra 14) , first engraved in Gibson 's edition of Camden 's Britannia , p. 835 .