Goodleigh, Mid Devon
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Goodleigh | |
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Village | |
.jpg) The ford at Goodleigh | |
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| Coordinates: 50°53′12″N 3°15′30″W / 50.88667°N 3.25833°W | |
| Country | England |
| County | Devon |
| District | Mid Devon |
| Time zone | UTC+0:00 (GST) |
Goodleigh is a village about 1 km northeast of Bodmiscombe in the county of Devon, England.[1][2]
The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words Goda and leah meaning a woodland clearing of a man named Goda.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 192 Exeter & Sidmouth (Exmouth & Teignmouth) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 978-0-319-23139-5.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780199609086.
- The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.
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