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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gallows Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Pontefract

Historical Forms

  • ad furcas latronum c.1190 Pont
  • Gal(l)owhill-close 1541 MinAcct
  • Gal(l)owhill Crofte 1578,1587 ib
  • the gallowe hill 1555 TestLds

Etymology

, ad furcas latronum ('thieves' gallows')c. 1190 Pont, Gal (l )owhill-close 1541MinAcct 84, Gal (l )owhill Crofte 1578, 1587ib 62, 72, the gallowe hill 1555 TestLds , v. galga , hyll .