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.

Guscott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bratton Clovelly

Historical Forms

  • Godescota 1086 DB
  • Godescot(e) 1238 Ass
  • Godiscote 1303 FA

Etymology

'Gode 's cot(e),' cf. Godsworthy infra 232.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement