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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 Streat

Historical Forms

  • Goate Farm 1660 SRS29,64
  • atte Gote 1332 SR

Etymology

Goat Fm is Goate Farm in 1660 (SRS 29, 64) and gave name to William atte Gote (1332 SR). This is from the word gote , ' water-course,' noted hitherto only for the North of England (v. NED s. v .).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement