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.

Gillses

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Gilses 1772 PR(B)

Etymology

, Gilses 1772 PR(B) , named from the local family of Gills ( 1559 — 3:643 PR ( B ) 1 , 3 , 15 , etc . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name