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Trollers Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Trowlers Gill 1817 M

Etymology

, 1812 Whit 440 , Trowlers Gill 1817 M , ' the troll's arse ' , v. troll , ears , gil , denoting a great bank in the ravine ; cf. Trollesers YN 324 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name