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.

Galegarth

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • (the) Gailegarth 1611,1639 PR

Etymology

, 1771 M , (the ) Gailegarth 1611, 1639 PR , v. geil ' ravine ' , garðr ' enclosure ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement