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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.

Gonsley Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wybunbury

Historical Forms

  • Godewyneslegh 1311 Orm2 1583 et freq
  • Goodwin's ley 1646 Sheaf
  • Codwynesleye 1341 Eyre
  • Goddenesley 1429 MainwB
  • Godunsley 1445 Plea
  • Gonsley Green 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Gōdwine's wood or clearing', from the OE  pers.n. Gōdwine and lēah, with grēne 2 'a green'. Cf. Godwynsley Croft 41supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site