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.

Goslem

Other OS name in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • Gosling, Goz-lam, Gozallem 1746,1748,1763 PRRth

Etymology

, Gosling , Goz-lam , Gozallem 1746, 1748,1763 PRRth , perhaps representing an older Gōs -lum ' goose pool ' ( v. gōs , lumm ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name