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.

Gawber Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • Gawber 1685 Skp

Etymology

, Gawber 1685Skp 3 , probably ' gallows hill ' , v. galga , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name