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.

Gill Hey

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Geyllheywod 1572 WCR3

Etymology

, 1851TA , Geyllheywod 1572WCR 3 , v. geil ' ravine ' , (ge)hæg ' enclosure ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name