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Pen-y-Ghent (name of the little hill this is from) is apparently Cumbric language, sounds very Welsh. I'm going to read up on the etymology when I get the chance.
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Interested to hear... In Welsh that would mean ’head of the Ghent’ (you probably know that). What’s the Ghent, is it a river?
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AFAICT: no one agrees/knows what Ghent is. Most people are translating it as border, currently. A book on Celtic Culture cites a 1307 book, when it used to be called Penegent, and says that gent is 'heathen'.
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Wikipedia has something on the etymology. The 'Ghent' part is uncertain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen-y-ghent … It's interesting to find Welsh (ish) names scattered around the countryside outside of Wales.
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