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Lumb Gill (Head)

Other OS name in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • Lumgile, Lumgilesheued 1152–5 YChvii
  • Lumgila 1155 Bolt
  • Lumgill 1812 Whit

Etymology

, Lumgile , Lumgilesheued 1152–5 YCh vii, Lumgila 1155 Bolt 56, Lumgill 1812 Whit426 , ' ravine with a pool ' , v. lum , gil , hēafod ; there is a small mountain tarn at the head of the valley .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement