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Survey of English Place-Names

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Backstean Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Bakestone Gill 1817 M

Etymology

, Bakestone Gill 1817 M , ' ravine where bake-stones were got ' , v. bæc-stān , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site