English Place-name Society

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.

Gap

Other OS name in the Parish of Nether Wasdale

Historical Forms

  • del gap 1539 MinAcct
  • Gape in Neither Wasdaill 1659 CantWviii

Etymology

is del gap 1539MinAcct , Gape in Neither Wasdaill 1659CantW viii . v. supra 432 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement