English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

the east gayrs

Field in the Parish of Brigsley

Historical Forms

  • the east gayrs 1601 Terrier
  • the west gayrs 1601 Terrier

Etymology

the east gayrs, the west gayrs 1601(v. geiri'a triangularplot of land')

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement