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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.

Gatecliff Brow

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Gaitelith, Gaytelith, Gaytelyth, Gaytelid 1200–30 Furn
  • Gaitcliff 1840 TA

Etymology

, Gaitelith ,Gaytelith , Gaytelyth , Gaytelid 1200–30 Furn (freq ), Gaitcliff 1840TA , ' goats'slope ' , v. geit , hlíð .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name