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.

Godsbury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Easton

Historical Forms

  • Guthredesburg 921 BCS635 14th
  • Godsbury 1773 AandD

Etymology

Godsbury is Guthredesburg 921 (14th) BCS 635, Godsbury 1773 A and D. 'Gūðred 's burh.' See Addenda supra xii.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement