Girt Fm, Girt Goyle, Girt Lane & Girt Withy Bed
Early-attested site in the Parish of Evershot
Historical Forms
- La Grutte 1302,1304 Banco
- terr' voc' Gurrt 1599 Glyn
- Gurt Farm 1811 OS 1838 TA
- Gurt 1863 Hutch3
Etymology
Girt Fm (ST 564058), Girt Goyle, Girt Lane & Girt Withy Bed, La Grutte 1302, 1304 Banco, terr ' voc ' Gurrt 1599Glyn , Gurt Farm 1811 OS, 1838TA , Gurt 1863 Hutch3, cf. John atte Grutte 1327, John atte Grute 1332 SR (taxed in Frome St Q.), John atte Gruite (sic)1340 NI, Gurt Alder Moor 1838TA , 'the stony soil or land', from an OE *grytte, with later metathesis of r , cf. 1237, 3 235 for other medieval occurrences of this el., v. also goyle 'ravine'.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Barton
- Dry Hill Moor
- Evershot Hill Plant.
- Fore St
- Great High Wood Lodge
- Horse Moor
- Horsey Knap
- Laurel Hill
- Lewcombe Woods
- Lewcombe Woods Cliff & Lewcombe Woods Dairy
- Lion Lodge
- Moorfield Ho, Moorfields (Kelly)
- Rectory, New Rectory & Old Rectory
- Banger's Moor
- Donkey Moor
- Paradise Wd
- Rocks Lane
- St John's Well
- St Osmund's Church
- Strangways Hotel
- Stutcombe Bottom
- Summer Lane & Summer Lodge
- Thorny Close Copse
- Twinhill Lodge
- West Hill
- Acorn Inn
- Ash Copse
- Back Lane
- Baker's Wd
- Devil's Kitchen
- East Hill
- Quarry
- Royal Oak
- Common Fm
- Dumb Maid's Plot
- Park Lane
- The Rookery