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.

Gillthorne

Other OS name in the Parish of Hampsthwaite

Historical Forms

  • Gillthornes 1579 WillY

Etymology

, 1678 PRHmp , Gillthornes 1579WillY , v. gil ' ravine ' , þorn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site