Gowersyle Moor
Early-attested site in the Parish of Adlingfleet
Historical Forms
- Guuersile, Queresile 13 Selby
- Gowerstyle more 1589 Eastoft
- Gowcell more 1597 ib
- Gowersyle, Goarsyle more 1642,1649 ib
Etymology
Gowersyle Moor (lost), Guuersile , Queresile 13 Selby, Gowerstyle more 1589Eastoft , Gowcell more 1597 ib, Gowersyle , Goarsyle more 1642, 1649 ib, cf. also novam silam , Newsile 13 Selby. The first el. may well be the ME pers.n. or surname Gu (h )er , Go (h )er (OFr Gohier from OG Godehar , or, in the case of the surname, from the Fr district name Goelle , OFr Gohiere , v. Reaney 143). The second el. is from MLG sīl 'a drain, a canal', or an OE equivalent *sīl (cf. sēoluc 'a gulley', EPN ii, 119–120, Sylecrosse , Sile Bank 10, 12infra ).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Adlingfleet Common
- Adlingfleet Ings
- Adlingfleet Moor
- Bracken Hill
- Broadmarsh Well
- Cow Lane
- Dodd's Dike
- East Field
- Ellcroft Bridge
- Fourstangs Lane
- Garner Hill
- Gill's Closes
- Mains
- Pentlands
- Sand Hill
- Stonecross Closes
- Ware Ho
- West Field
- Whins Gate
- Eastoft Carr
- Eastoft Hall
- Eastoft Moor
- Field Lane
- West Ings
- Fockerby Hall
- Fockerby Ness
- Fockerby Pasture
- Garthend Closes
- Highfield Bridge
- Intakes
- Marmire Barn
- Mill Fields
- Ness Lane
- Swarth Ends
- Warp Crofts
- Willow Bank
- Boltgate Lane
- Bully Field
- East Field
- East Green
- The Flats
- Great Woods
- Haldenby Common
- Haldenby Hall
- Haldenby Moor
- Haldenby Ness
- Haldenby Park
- Sand Ho