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Gossehylles yeat

Field in the Parish of Woolland

Historical Forms

  • Gossehylles yeat 1543 Prideaux 1545 Prideaux
  • Gossehyll ' 1544 Prideaux
  • Gosehylles yate 1556 Prideaux

Etymology

Gossehylles yeat 1543, 1545, Gossehyll' 1544,Gosehylles yate 1556(v. gōs'goose', hyll, geat)