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Survey of English Place-Names

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Heck Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Hampsthwaite

Etymology

, 1675 PRHmp ' ravine with a hatch ' , v. hæcc ( dial . heck ) ' wicket-gate, sluice, trap ' , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site