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Gilling Reane

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Gillingrove 1639 WilsonL
  • Gillinggreave 1714 BRK
  • Gillinggrove 1857 OS

Etymology

, Gillingrove 1639 WilsonL, Gillinggreave 1714 BRK, Gillinggrove 1857OS , the modern spelling Reane may be an error for the older greave , from grǣfe ' grove, copse ' ; the first el . is probably a surn . from Gilling (YN) or an adaption to that form of the surname of Hugh Gylewhene , a burgess of Kendal , 1390, 1404 Kend i, 31, 35 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name