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Goren Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockland

Etymology

, cf. (Upper ) Gorne Breach 1844TA , origin uncertain , but possibly from a ME  wk.pl. goren ( from gore , OE  gāra ) ' triangularplots ' , cf. Hayne Fm supra and PN D xxxvi , v. breche .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement