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Gilbank Spout

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Gillebank 1292 Ass4d

Etymology

, 1745 CW xlv, 183 , Gillebank 1292Ass 4d(p) , cf. also Gill 1636 Kend i, 371, 1650 ib116, 1836KCR , v. gil ' ravine ' , banke , spoute ' spout, gutter ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name