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.

Gold Oak

Other OS name in the Parish of Alderholt

Historical Forms

  • Goldeoke e17 CecilMap
  • Gould oke 1618 Map

Etymology

, Goldeoke e17CecilMap , Gould oke 1618Map , perhaps named from an oak - tree so called from the colour of its foliage , v. gold , āc ; it is on the county bdy .