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.

Gore Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Sandford Orcas

Etymology

, cf. Gt Gore , Lt Gore 1838TA , Harpydegor '1361Digby , v. gāra ' triangular plot of ground ' ; Harpyde - may represent here-pæð ' highway ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement