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.

Gildersleets

Other OS name in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Gildersleet 1771 M

Etymology

, Gildersleet 1771M , probably gildi-hús ' guild-house ' , slétta ' level field ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name