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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gashay Fm & Gashay Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Hawkchurch

Historical Forms

  • Gasshay (Farm) 1769 DROMap 1811 OS

Etymology

( 1842TA , Gasshay (Farm )1769DROMap , 1811 OS ) , probably hay ' enclosure ' with the ME  surname Gase , later Gass ( v. Reaney - Wilson s.n . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement