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Mear Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Bolton by Bowland

Historical Forms

  • Mergill 1205–11 Sawl11d
  • Mergill foote 1594 Comm
  • Mearegill sick 1594 ib

Etymology

, 1616 PRBlt , Mergill 1205–11Sawl 11d, Mergill foote 1594Comm ,Mearegill sick 1594 ib , ' boundary valley ' , v. (ge)mǣre , gil , here the Grindleton boundary .