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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gorsy Green

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Gosty Green 1770 Comm

Etymology

, Gosty Green 1770Comm , v. gorstig ' overgrown with gorse ' , grēne 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement