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Gillhays Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Avening

Historical Forms

  • Gilling Hays 1830 M

Etymology

, Gilling Hays 1830 M , probably named from the family of John Gills or William Gill ( 1697, 1750 PR 10, 12, 22 ) , v. (ge)hæg .