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.

Goodcott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashreigney

Historical Forms

  • Godevacota 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Godevecota
  • Godeue Cote 1245 FF
  • Godecot' 1333 SR

Etymology

It takes its name from a woman Godeva (Godeve Exch) who held the manor TRE. This pers. name corresponds to the OE  Gōdgiefu , more familiar in the Latin form Godiva . Cf. Goodwood (PN Sx 66).