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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fosse Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Forsegillebec c.1142 Font

Etymology

, 1817 M , Forsegillebec c. 1142 Font , v. fors , foss ' waterfall ' , gil , bekkr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site