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Foggy Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Fogga(y)-, Fogge(y)gill 1580,1609,1724,1772 PR

Etymology

, Fogga (y )-,Fogge (y )gill 1580, 1609, 1724, 1772 PR , an adj . from ModE  dial.fog ' long grass left standing after the summer , coarse , rank grass ' , v. fogga , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement