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.
Survey of English place-names
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Eskdale Ward
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Kirkandrews Middle, Moat and Nether
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Closegap
Closegap
Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkandrews Middle
Historical Forms
Cloosegapp
1603
DuLa
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is
Cloosegapp
1603
DuLa
. v.
gap
.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Glingerfoot Bridge
Glingerburn (place)
Millees
Nineveh Wood
Rhodds Cottage
Sandbed
Smalmstown
Henrystown
Browhead Wood
Cubbyhill
Daffiestonrigg
Dikeside
Englishtown
Glinger
Early-attested site
Batenbush
