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.

Goole Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • le Gos-greene (sic for Gol-greene) 1450 Cust
  • (le) Gowlegreene 1568,1618 SheffMan

Etymology

, le Gos-greene (sic for Gol-greene )1450 Cust, (le ) Gowlegreene 1568, 1618 SheffMan , cf. Goul Hirst 1757 Fairb , v. goule ' aditch, a stream ' ( as in Goole ii, 16infra ) , grēne 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement