English Place-name Society

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.

Thursgill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Thursegilemos 1220–50 Cockers

Etymology

, 1609 PR , Thursegilemos 1220–50 Cockers , ' giant's or spectre ravine ' , v. þurs , gil , mos ' a bog ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement