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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hawkshaw Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Oakshaw Gill 1858 O.S.

Etymology

, Oakshaw Gill 1858 O.S. , probably ' oakcopse ' , v. sceaga , gil ' ravine ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site