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.

Gosford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Droitwich

Historical Forms

  • Goseford' 1276 RH

Etymology

One of the numerous geese-haunted fords (v. gos , ford ).It was the ford where now a bridge at the end of Queen Street (once Gosford Street) carries the Bromsgrove road over the Salwarpe.