English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Gillbank

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Gill 1714 Ct

Etymology

, 1836KCR , named from Gill 1714Ct , v. gil ' ravine ' , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name