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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gibbet Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Aldborough

Etymology

, 1841TA , cf. Gibbit Hou .1771 M , ' hillnear the gibbet ' , from ME , OFr  gibet ' gibbet, gallows ' , v. hyll , cf. the nearby f.n. Great Gibbet 90infra .