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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gilsthwaite Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Hunsingore

Historical Forms

  • Gilset Close 1851 TA

Etymology

, Gilset Close 1851TA ; the bridge carries Cattal Street across Gelsthorpe Gutter , so that the name probably represents an older Geleswath ' Geili's ford ' ( with the first el . as in Gelsthorpe 10supra ) , v. vað .