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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pickhill Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • le Pychghille 1279–90 YDi
  • Pickhill 1842 TA

Etymology

, le Pychghille 1279–90 YD i, Pickhill 1842TA , v. pīc 1 ' peak ' , hyll , gil ' ravine ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site