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Startindale Gill

valley · North Yorkshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Startindale Gill likely combines Old English 'stær' (starling) or 'stear' (steer, bull) with 'tind' (a projecting point or peak) and 'dæl' (valley), with 'gill' meaning a ravine. It could mean 'valley with a projecting point frequented by starlings' or 'cattle valley with a peak'.

Word origins

Startin
Old Englishstarling or steer with a projecting point(from stær "starling", stear "steer, bull", tind "projecting point, peak")
dale
Old Englishvalley(from dæl "valley")
Gill
Old Norseravine(from gil "ravine")