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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sprintgill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Sprenttgill 1588 ib

Etymology

, 1667, 1747 PR , Sprenttgill 1588 ib , ON  *sprent ' spirting stream ' ( cf. R. Sprint i, 13supra ) , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement