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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cowgill

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Callgill would 1592 Comm
  • Gawgill 1617,1636 PR
  • Cawegill 1660 Dep
  • Coegill 1732 PR

Etymology

, 1847TA , Callgill would 1592Comm ,Gawgill 1617, 1636 PR, Cawegill 1660Dep , Coegill 1732 PR , probably dial . caul ' a dam ' ( cf . The Calls iv, 125supra ) , v. gil ; it is by the R . Dee .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement