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.
Survey of English place-names
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Gorcott Hill
Gorcott Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Beoley
Historical Forms
Gorcote
1183
P
Gorcote Hull
c.1470
ADiv
Etymology
'Muddy cottage(s),'
v.
gor
,
cot
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Balsford Hall
Brockhill Fm
Major Settlement
Beoley