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.

Ellergill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Elergill 1584,1648 PR

Etymology

, 1587–1675 PR (freq ) , 1766 WillQ , Elergill 1584,1648 PR , ' alder ravine ' , v. elri , gil , cf. Ellergill (ii, 50infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement