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.

Gibbet Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Martham

Historical Forms

  • Gibbet Land 1792 GlebeTerr

Etymology

, Gibbet Land 1792Glebe Terr ; White (303) says , “ about 40 years ago ( i.e. c. 1805 ) , a man was gibbetted here , for setting fire to part of the village ” .