Gammersgill

Gammersgill
Looking over pastureland to Gammersgill
Gammersgill is located in North Yorkshire
Gammersgill
Gammersgill
Location within North Yorkshire
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54°14′33″N 1°54′58″W / 54.2425°N 1.9160°W / 54.2425; -1.9160

Gammersgill is a hamlet in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England.[1][2] It is about 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Leyburn.

The toponym is of Old Norse origin, from Gamall, a personal name, and skali 'hut', so means 'hut of a man named Gamel'.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 9780319231586.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ Smith, A. H. (1928). The Place-names of the North Riding of Yorkshire (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 254.

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