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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gallipot Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Cheltenham

Historical Forms

  • Gatlipot (sic) 1777 M

Etymology

, Gatlipot (sic)1777 M , from e.ModE  galypott ' a smallearthenware pot or jar ' , perhaps used as a nickname for an apothecary ( cf. NED s.v . ) .