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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rise Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Risegil' 1242,1247,1257 P

Etymology

, Risegil '1242, 1247, 1257 P (p) , ' brushwood ravine ' , v. hrīs , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name