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.

Gorses

Other OS name in the Parish of Alderwasley

Historical Forms

  • leʒ Gorstes 1395 DuLa

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , leʒ Gorstes 1395DuLa , v. gorst .