Gilley Law or otherwise known as Lakeside Village is a neighbourhood in

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

, England.

Geography

Gilley Law is situated to the Southwest of Sunderland City Centre and is bordered by Farringdon,

New Silksworth Silksworth is a suburb of the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. The area can be distinguished into two parts, old Silksworth, the original village and township which has existed since the early middle ages, and New Silksworth, the industrial ...

and

Doxford Park Doxford Park (known locally as ''Doxy Park'') is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, located to the south-west of the city centre. Once part of the historical township of Silksworth in the Middle Ages, Doxford Park consisted of agrarian lan ...

. The stream

Hendon Burn Hendon Burn is a stream flowing through Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. serving as a drainage basin for most of the city's southern half, its route proceeds from Doxford Park through the Farringdon Country Park area and into Gilley Law, Silkswo ...

runs directly through the suburb and goes underneath the housing area.

Etymology

The term ''Gilley'' is derived from the old Norse term

Gill (ravine) A gill or ghyll is a ravine or narrow valley in the North of England and other parts of the United Kingdom. The word originates from the Old Norse . Examples include Dufton Ghyll Wood, Dungeon Ghyll, Troller's Gill and Trow Ghyll. As a related ...

which refers to a form of valley or ravine, "I suggest-and it is only a tentative suggestion-that "g(u)ile" is "gill," spelled by Wordsworth "ghyll," a ravine or valley inclosing a small water-course." whilst "Law" refers to a hill. This makes the literal name of the suburb "Hill Valley".

References

City of Sunderland suburbs Sunderland {{TyneandWear-geo-stub