English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Gallow Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Tickhill

Historical Forms

  • Gally Tree Hill 1849 TA

Etymology

, Gally Tree Hill 1849TA , cf. also Gantree-lane (sic for Gau -)1643 Hnt , Gawtry Lane 1668Surv , Gawtry Lane 1849TA , ' gallow-tree hill ' , v. galga , trēow , hyll .