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.

Gorseybank

Other OS name in the Parish of Wirksworth

Historical Forms

  • Gorsy banke 1620 CPG
  • Gorstie Bancke 1630 DuLaSC
  • Gourstey bancke 1640 CPG

Etymology

, Gorsy banke 1620CPG , Gorstie Bancke 1630DuLaSC , Gourstey bancke 1640CPG , v. gorstig , banke .