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.

Gillcar

Other OS name in the Parish of Emley

Historical Forms

  • Gill-acker 1685 Glebe
  • Gilker 1771 M

Etymology

, Gill-acker 1685Glebe , Gilker 1771 M , v. æcer , Gill - may be a pers. n .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site