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Ease Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Aesgill 1562,1569 PR(B)

Etymology

, Easgill 1687 BdyRy from which Thomas and Henry Aesgill (1562, 1569 PR(B) 2, 7, etc.) were named , v. gil ' ravine ' ; the first el . is uncertain but it could be ēast ' east ' as in Easegill(i, 28supra ) , as the valley runs to the east to Swaledale in YN .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name