Gidley Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Peasemore
Historical Forms
- grove voc' Gydley, Gidleyfelde 1547 LRMB
- gyddan dene 943 BCS789 c.1240
Etymology
Gidley Fm etc, grove voc ' Gydley , Gidleyfelde 1547LRMB . There may be a connection with gyddan dene 943 (c. 1240) BCS 789, on the E. boundary of Leckhampstead about three quarters of a mile away.The charter name means 'Gydda's valley', v. denu . This OE pers.n. is only recorded in p.ns. (v. DEPN s.n. Gedding). Gidley may mean 'Gydda's wood or clearing', in which case it is identical with Gidleigh D 439, v. lē(a)h.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bolton Row
- Bushy Leaze
- Chalkpit Plantation
- Chapel Wd
- The Cottage
- Earl's Grove
- Ebenezer Chapel
- Eight Acre Row
- Freelands
- Gibbet Cottages
- Gidley Copse, Gidley Lane
- Hailey Copse, Little Hailey Copse, Lower Hailey Copse
- Hailey Lane
- Heath Barn
- Hunham Copse
- Manor Fm
- Mell Green
- Mud Lane
- Prince's Fm, Prince's Lane
- The Rookery
- Roughdown Cottages, Roughdown Fm
- Sheep Leaze Lane
- Warrendown Row
- Whitelands
- Widow's Fm
- Wilkins's Barn
- Witnam's Barn, Witnam's Copse
- Drake's Fm
- Prior's Side, Prior's Wd