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.

Gover's Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Datchworth

Historical Forms

  • Goveyres 1451 ib

Etymology

is Goveyres 1451 ib . The personal name Goveyre ( i.e . ' go-fair ' ) is common in Wilts and the west of England but has not otherwise been noted in Hertfordshire .

Places in the same Parish