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.

Gourt

Early-attested site in the Parish of Molland

Historical Forms

  • la Grutte 1270 Exmoor
  • la Grotte 1333 SR

Etymology

OE  greot, 'gravel,' cf. Girt supra 37.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement