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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gore Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Nether Compton

Etymology

, cf. Gore [Bridge]1791 Boswell , Gore (Orchd ), Arnolds Gore , Mildmay 's Gore , Parsonage Gore 1838TA , v. gāra ' triangular plot ofground ' , cf. William Arnold 1664 HTax .