English Place-name Society

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.

The Gale

Other OS name in the Parish of Cawood

Etymology

, cf. Gaytegayll '1304 Ebor (p) , Northingale 1776EnclA , v. geit ' goat ' , geil probably here in the sense ' narrow lane ' .