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.

Girt

Other OS name in the Parish of Combe Martin

Historical Forms

  • La Grutte 1198 FF
  • Gurt 1667 Recov

Etymology

is La Grutte 1198 FF, Gurt 1667Recov . This is OE greot , ' gravel . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement