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Heggle Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Hutton Roof

Historical Forms

  • Heggil Loning 1722 PR(Greystoke)
  • Lowgill felde 1581 CWx

Etymology

is Heggil Loning 1722 PR (Greystoke).v. lonning. Probably 'high gill,' for there was a Lowgill felde (1581CW x) as well as a Heygill felde in the immediate neighbourhood .