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.

Gortleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sheepwash

Historical Forms

  • Golkele 1249 Ass
  • Gorgeleg' 1276 RH
  • Gorkelegh(e) 1281 Ass 1341 Exon
  • West Gorkelegh(e) 1388 Fine

Etymology

This may contain an OE  pers. name Gāroc (a ), a diminutive of an OE  Gāra , but no certainty is possible.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement