Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Govesurde 1086 DB

• Goveswrthe 1238 Dav

• Gous(e)worth c.1130 Sheaf 1580 Chest 17 c.1265

• Gous(e)wurthe e13 Dieul

• Gous(e) wrth(e) m13 Dav

• Gous(e)wrtht 1285 Eyre

• Gouzeworthe 1301 Sheaf

• Gouesworthe 1351 BPR

• Gousseworth 1365 Eyre

• Goweswurth m13 Adl

• Gowesworth 1274 Orm2

• Gowesword 1312 Plea, Court

• Gows(e)worth 1285 ib

• Gows(e)wourthe 1569 Wil

• Gouwesworth 1357 ChRR

• Goseworth c.1270 Sheaf 17 AddCh 1558

• Gosew(o)rd 1290 Ipm, Cl

• Gosseworth 1476 ChRR

• Gosworth 1514 ChEx

• Goosworth 1580 ChetOSviii

• Gaus(e)worth(e) 1279 Adl

• Gaws(e)worth(e) 1389 ChRR

• Gaws(e)wourth 1553 Pat

• Gawesworth 1457 ChRR

• Goghesworthe 1341 Eyre

• Gouselworth 1386 ChRR

• Gorysworth 1445 Pat

• Gaseworth 1460 ChRR

• Gaysworth 1694 ChetOSviii

• Godsworth 1503 Plea

Etymology

'Smith's enclosure' from PrWelsh  *goƀ , OWelsh  *gob , MWelsh  gof 'a smith' and worð, cf. Gawton, Goveton D 223, 318. The first el. may be used as a pers.n. here, cf. the surnames Goff (e ), Gough , v. DEPN and ES 64, 221.