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.

Gores

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Newnton

Historical Forms

  • lez Goores 1570 PembSurv
  • Gore 1773 AandD
  • (on ðone) gæran 892 BCS567 13th

Etymology

Gores is lez Goores 1570 PembSurv, Gore 1773 A and D and is identical with (on ðone ) gæran 892 (13th) BCS 567. v. gara , 'gore, angle,' etc. The boundary makes a succession of right- angled bends here.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement