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Golden Smithies

Other OS name in the Parish of Wath upon Dearne

Historical Forms

  • Golden smithy 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, 1843TA , Golden smithy 1841 O.S. , possibly named from a local family of Goulding ( cf. Thomas Goulding 1773 PRWath 216 ) , but it may equally well be ' golden ' , for the name is repeated in a f.n. Golden SmithiesFlat 80supra ; v. smiððe .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name