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Trough Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Cliburn

Historical Forms

  • Trollgilleghes 1366 Clib

Etymology

, probably identical with Trollgilleghes 1366 Clib 240 , ' the trollravine ' , v. troll , gil , lēah ' clearing ' , Trough - being an inverted spelling .