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Survey of English Place-Names

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Goodrest Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Warwick St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Goodrest 1479 Pat
  • Goderest, Goodrest 1481 MinAcct
  • Goodrest Lodge 1576 S

Etymology

Goodrest Fm is Goodrest 1479 Pat, Goderest , Goodrest 1481MinAcct , Goodrest Lodge 1576 S. This was the manor house of the Wedgnock estate, built by the Earl of Warwick and used as a country house. Dugdale (182) says, “I suppose it was so called in respect that some of the Countesses of Warwick , to avoyd much concourse of people, retired hither when they were near the time of Childbirth; for 'tis plain, that many of their children were born here.”