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.

Guldrey

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Gouldray, Gowldray 1599 1648 WillS
  • Guldrowe 1664 PR

Etymology

, 1654 PR , Gouldray , Gowldray 1599 ib, 1648 WillS, Guldrowe 1664 PR , probably the OE  pers.n. Golda , influenced by ON  Gulli , v. vrá ' nook of land ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement