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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gawthrop

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Gawthorpe 1592 Comm
  • Gathrope 1612 PR
  • Gathorpp 1714 ib
  • Galthropp 1630 ib
  • Gauthrope 1679 Dep

Etymology

, Gawthorpe 1592Comm , Gathrope 1612 PR, Gathorpp 1714 ib, Galthropp 1630 ib, Gauthrope 1679Dep , v. gaukr ' cuckoo ' , þorp ' outlying farmstead ' , cf. Gawthorpe Hall ii, 102supra , and on the spelling Ga - cf. Phonol. § 8 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement