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Ecker Secker Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Hecker-seker 1540 AOMB

Etymology

, 1843TA , Hecker-seker 1540AOMB , probably ' Hacker's acre ' from the surname Hacker or a northern form Hecker ( cf. Hacker Gill 256supra ) , v. æcer .

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement