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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gannerthorpe Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Gunner Thorpe 1850 TA

Etymology

, Gunner Thorpe 1850TA ; if an old p.n. , this could be from the ON pers.n. Gunnarr , þorp .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name