Gammersgill Explained

Official Name:	Gammersgill
Country:	England
Static Image Name:	Across pastures to Gammersgill.jpg
Static Image Caption:	Looking over pastureland to Gammersgill
Unitary England:	North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:	North Yorkshire
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Civil Parish:	Carlton Highdale
Coordinates:	54.2425°N -1.916°W

Gammersgill is a hamlet in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England.^{[1] [2]} It is about 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

• Listed buildings in Carlton Highdale

Notes and References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale. 9780319231586 . Ordnance Survey. 2009.
2. Web site: Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer . csv (download) . 1 January 2016 . Ordnance Survey . www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 18 February 2016.
3. Book: Smith, A. H.. Albert Hugh Smith

   . The Place-names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Albert Hugh Smith. Cambridge University Press. 1928. 254.