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.

Goodacre

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadwoodwidger

Historical Forms

Gotaker 1249 Ass

Gotacre 1320 Ass 1330 SR

Etymology

is Gotaker 1249Ass , Gotacre 1320Ass ,1330SR (p) . ' Goat field , ' v. gat , æcer .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Broadwoodwidger