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How did Britain's Giggleswick get its name?

 
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Giggleswick N. Yorks. Ghigeleswic 1086 (DB). Dwelling or (dairy) farm of a man called Gikel or Gichel. OE or ME pers. name (probably a short form of the biblical name Judichael) + wic.

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