English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Gore Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Gaw Farm 1761 Rocque

Etymology

, Gaw Farm 1761 Rocque , cf. Water Gore 1658, 1660Throckmorton , Eastward Gore , Westward Gore and Water Gore 1839TA , v. gāra , possibly referring to firm ground projecting into marsh .