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Backstone Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Bax(s)tongill 1592 Comm 1621 PR
  • Baxstergill 1633 ib

Etymology

, 1847TA , Bax (s )tongill 1592Comm , 1621 PR,Baxstergill 1633 ib , ' ravine where bakestones were got ' , v. bæc-stān , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement