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Survey of English Place-Names

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Goodcroft

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Gothescrofft 1473 CWix,280
  • Goodcroft(e) 1589,1606 PR

Etymology

, Gothescrofft 1473 CW ix, 280,Goodcroft (e )1589, 1606 PR , the ME  byname Gōde , v. croft ; - th - in Gothes - is probably due to ON influence as in Goathland (YN 81) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement