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I had already considered 'triangulated land' and rejected the idea as implausible. K ________________________________ From: The English Place-Name List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Andrew Hogg <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 07 February 2019 12:58 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Goredland Could this be "gore" meaning "triangular- shaped" as in Kensington Gore? Andrew On Thu, 7 Feb 2019, 13:42 Keith Briggs <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> wrote: I have found two separate cases of a field-name Goredland, and one Goredacre, in 12th and 13th century records from Suffolk. Gored- is not in the field-name books; not even the New Dictionary. OE & ME gor is 'dung', but the dictionaries have no corresponding verb. Could these names nevertheless mean 'dunged land'? Does the compound occur in other counties? Keith ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EPNL list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EPNL&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EPNL list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EPNL&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EPNL list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EPNL&A=1