10 TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



Crookburn B. — same as last with pleonasm, burn. 



Deepdale B. — from its running through a deep dale. 



Dry B. — ? dry in summer. 



Ellerbeck B. — of the Alder tree. A.-S. Mltoen, or Ellarn, or 

 Ellen. The Alder. Beck of the Alderbeck! 



Force B. (twice) — near the/os, or force, or having a fall. 



Plushiemere B. — of the mere or pool liable to flush or to be 

 flushed or flooded. 



Garnathwaite B. — ? Icel. gam; A -S. gearn; Engl, yarn; 

 Dan. and Sw. gam and thivaite, a clearing. {Gandra, A.-S. 

 gander, and thivaite, the gander clearing. Bell.) 



GiU B.— 6. of the Gill. Gil, Icel. 



Grain B. — h. of or from the grains or drains ; the possessive s 

 is often dropped. See Grain. 



Great Eggleshope B. — from JEcjl, a chief's name ; or from egl, 

 egel, egle, A.-S., an ear of corn, thistle, that pricks, trouble ; or 

 from Aikhilshope, the hope of the hill covered with Oaks ; or 

 from Keltic eglwys, ecclesia, and hope, q. v. 



Greta B. — the rocky beck. See Greta. 



Hargill B. — h. of the gill of the Hare. 



Harmire B. — h. of the mire or moor of the Hare. 



Harthope B. — I. of the hope or valley of the Hart. 



Harwood B. — b. of Harewood, or the Hare. 



Hilton B. — I. of the hill tun. 



Hudeshope B. — h. of Udda's hope ; chief's name. See Hope. 



Hunderbeck — a place near this is called in Domesday Book 

 hundreston, the tun of the hundred or district : beck of ditto. 



Hutton B. — b. of the hamlet of Hutton, or Hutton's Beck. 



Keekham B. — b. of the look-out house, or spyham. 



Langdon B. — b. of long hill or down ; after passing Eaby it is 

 called Alwent B. 



Langton B. — b. of long tun. May be the same as Langdon B. 



Langley B. — b. of the long lea. 



Lune Head B. — b. at head of the river Lune. See Lune. 



Maize B. — :Ought perhaps to be Maise B., from maes, maise, 

 faes. Brit, an open field. (The field — or fell— stream, maes or 

 maise beck. Bell.) See Mea. 



