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.

Gayle Beck, High Gayle & Low Gayle

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • (the) Gaile 1607,1672 PR
  • the Overgale 1610 ib
  • Lowgale 1778 ib

Etymology

, (the ) Gaile 1607, 1672 PR, the Overgale 1610 ib, Lowgale 1778 ib , v. geil ' ravine ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement