Meanings
proper noun
- 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
Origin
From an unclear Old English personal name + hyrst (“wooded hill”).
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Goudhurst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Goudhurst
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