English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Carling Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Kerlingile 1220–60 Cockers

Etymology

, Kerlingile 1220–60 Cockers , ' oldwoman ravine ' , v. kerling ( or the ON  fem. pers.n. Kerling ) , gil ; an Icel  parallel is Kerlingargil , which was named from Kerling Styr - karsdóttir ( Gull -Þoris Saga 46 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement