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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ellergill Beck

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Ellergil Beck 1614 PR
  • Ellyrgill' 1379 PT

Etymology

, Ellergil Beck 1614 PR, Ellyrgill '1379 PT (p) ' alder ravine ' , v. elri , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement