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.

Gowles

Other OS name in the Parish of Leigh

Historical Forms

  • Bretonheth voc. Gowles 1504 MinAcct
  • Go(o)lles, Go(o)lles in auncyent tyme called Shoplondeleghe in Leighe 1506 Ct 1578 Rental

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bretonheth voc . Gowles 1504MinAcct , Go (o )lles , Go (o )lles in auncyent tyme called Shoplondeleghe in Leighe 1506Ct , 1578Rental .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement