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Gorsy Acre, Gorsy Acres, Gorsey Acre, Gorsey Acres

Other OS name in the Parish of Runcorn

Etymology

1846TA , cf. Gorstiacra 1156–60 (1329) Ch, 1190–1211Cott . Nero c iii , ' the gorsey ploughland ' , v. gorstig , æcer .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site