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.

Guzzle Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Brixham

Historical Forms

  • Gosewille 1333 SR
  • Gosewyll Doune 1529–32 ECP6,176

Etymology

is Gosewille 1333SR (p), Gosewyll Doune 1529–32 ECP 6, 176 . ' Goosespring , ' v. wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement