Goudhurst

English

Etymology

From an unclear Old English personal name + hyrst (“wooded hill”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaʊdˈhɜːst/

Proper noun

Goudhurst

  1. A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7237). [2]
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 119:
      At Darley Dale, in Derbyshire, there is another yew about 1,000 years younger with a 32 ft girth, while a mighty yew at Goudhurst, Kent, has a bench seating 12 in its hollow trunk.

References

  1. ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
  2. ^ Parish map
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