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Gamelsby
Cumberland
Entering Gamelsby (geograph 3493015).jpg
The road into Gamelsby
Location
Grid reference: NY258524
Location: 54°51’40"N, 3°9’18"W
Data
Post town: Wigton
Postcode: CA7
Dialling code: 016973
Local Government
Council: Cumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Workington

Gamelsby is a village near Aikton, Cumberland. It appears first in written records in 1305 as Gamelesby by Ayketon, and later as Gamelsby in 1332.[1]

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References

  1. Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 191 ISBN 0198691033