Gowthorpe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Selby
Historical Forms
- (regia strata de) Goukethorp 12,13 Selby
- Goucthorp' 13 Selby
- Gouththorp 1475 MiscEngl
- Gouthorp(e) 13,1254 Selby 1340 Ass5 1343 Selby 1377 AddCh 1519 MiscEngl
- Gowthorpe 1531 AddCh
- Gowthropp 1681 SelbyW
Etymology
Gowthorpe is 'Gauk's þorp or outlying farmstead', from the ON pers.n. Gaukr . There was a Johannes Gouk ' who had formerly owned a toft near Gowthorpe (Selby i, 192), and the farm may have been named from him. Cf. also Gawthorpe Hall ii, 102supra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Boggart Bridge
- Brooklands
- Byefield Lodge
- Cockret Dike & Cockret Lane
- Cow Lane
- The Croft
- Crosshills Lane
- Dairy Ho
- Dutchman's Dike
- East Common
- Elfhole Fm
- Godfrey Hall
- Green Lane
- Hempbridge Fm
- Hill Field
- Holmes Dike
- Ling Wood
- Little Moor Lane
- Little Park
- Monk Lane
- Moss Hagg
- New Cross Hills
- Olive Bush
- Outwoods Ho
- Portholme Rd
- Pymble
- Roscarrs
- Selby Common
- Slaughter Ho
- Spark Hagg
- Stainer Wood
- Thorpe Wood
- The Vivers
- Westfield