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 Gorse

Other OS name in the Parish of Hambleton

Historical Forms

  • Gibbet Cover 1824 O
  • Weldons Gibbet 1806 Map

Etymology

, 1943Map is Gibbet Cover 1824 O, namedfrom Weldons Gibbet 1806 Map , the site of a gallows , v. gibet , cover(t) , gorst . Weldon is a surname , cf. Weldons Linche in Wardley f. ns . ( b ) .