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Survey of English Place-Names

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Goat Gap

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Goat gappe 1600 PRClp
  • ye Goatgappe 1664 PR

Etymology

, Goat gappe 1600 PRClp, y e Goatgappe 1664 PR , v. gāt , gap ' an opening(through a wall, etc.) ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement