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.

Gorerong (Cottages)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Podington

Historical Forms

  • Wrongelond c.1200 Ashby
  • Little Gorewrong 17th VCHiii.82

Etymology

It is clear that both elements in this name must refer to the division of the old open field into lands , some of which might be crooked (v. wrang ) and between which there might at times be 'gores' (v. gara ), but the exact sense of the compound is not clear.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement