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Goudhurst en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ɡaʊdˈhɜːst/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7237).
    • 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. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 119: