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.

Goodmayes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ilford

Historical Forms

  • Godemay 1319 SR

Etymology

Goodmayes. Cf. Goodmaistrete , Goodmayes 1456 ER xxxii. It is to be associated with the family of John Godemay (1319SR ).