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Goodleigh, Mid Devon

Coordinates: 50°53′12″N 3°15′30″W / 50.88667°N 3.25833°W / 50.88667; -3.25833
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Goodleigh
Village
The ford at Goodleigh
The ford at Goodleigh
Goodleigh is located in Devon
Goodleigh
Goodleigh
Goodleigh is located in the United Kingdom
Goodleigh
Goodleigh
Coordinates: 50°53′12″N 3°15′30″W / 50.88667°N 3.25833°W / 50.88667; -3.25833
CountryEngland
CountyDevon
DistrictMid Devon
Time zoneUTC+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

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 192 Exeter & Sidmouth (Exmouth & Teignmouth) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 978-0-319-23139-5.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ 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.