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.

Goat Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ringmer

Historical Forms

  • Gote 1403 FM
  • Goate al. Gott 1615 SRS19,181
  • Gote 1288 Ass

Etymology

Goat Fm is Gote 1403FM , Goate al. Gott 1615 SRS 19, 181 and gave name to Alex, de Gote (1288Ass ). This probably has the same history as Goat Fm in Streat supra 304.