Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Gora 1282 AddCh

• Cantar' in monasterio Shafton vocat' Cantar' de Gora 1282 15 ib

• Cantuarie de la Gore 1358 Salis 1358 Shaft c.1407

• la Gore juxta Shaftesbury 1390 IpmR 1474 Wim

• Cantarie Sancte Anne de le Gore 1551 AddCh

• le Gore 1360 1390 Hutch3 1774 Hutch1 1811 OS

• the Gore (by Shaftysbury) 1390 Cl

• the Goore 1395 MiltRoll e15

• cantarie de Gore 1431 FA

Etymology

Gore Fm (ST 835205), Gora 1282AddCh , Cantar ' in monasterio Shafton vocat ' Cantar ' de Gora 1282 (15) ib , Cantuarie de la Gore 1358Salis , 1358 (c.1407) Shaft , la Gore juxta Shaftesbury 1390 IpmR, 1474Wim , Cantarie Sancte Anne de le Gore 1551AddCh , le Gore 1360ib , 1390 Hutch3, 1774 Hutch1, 1811 OS, the Gore (by Shaftysbury )1390 Cl, the Goore 1395 (e15) MiltRoll , cantarie de Gore 1431 FA, cf. Adam atte Gore , Cristina atte Gore 1327SR , John atte Gore 1332 SR (all taxed in Hinton St Mary), Goore Wood ElizLRMB , Gorestrete 1576Glyn , Goore Coppice , Goore Grove 1663, Gore Close 1689Whil . 'The triangular plot of ground', v. gāra , still an accurate description of this NE end of Margaret Marsh, v. also atte , strǣt . For the former chapel and chantry of St Anne here (attached to Shaftesbury abbey), v. Hutch3 379, VCHDo 275.