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Survey of English Place-Names

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Galeforth Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Gelfource-head(e) 1578 Comm

Etymology

, Gelfource-head (e )1578Comm , ' waterfall in the ravine ' , v. geil , fors ; the stream runs through the scar at Galeforth Brow .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement