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Survey of English Place-Names

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Goose Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Herbert Lee or Goose Nest 1718 HAS
  • Goose Nest or West Butt Lee 1862 ValS

Etymology

, Herbert Lee or Goose Nest 1718 HAS 17, 217, Goose Nest or West Butt Lee 1862ValS , ' green where geese fed ' , v. gōs , grēne 2 , nest ; for Herbert Lee cf. Arrowbutt Lee supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement