Gloryhill (Fm)
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wooburn
Historical Forms
- Gloria 1255 FF
- Glone (sic) 1325 Cl
- Glorie 1329,1340 Pat 1344,1364 Cl
- Glove (sic) 1335 Cl
- Glorie 1342 Pat
- Glory 1490 Ipm
Etymology
Professor Weekley suggests that this is the simplex of the French diminutive gloriette , common in French dialect, including Normandy, in the sense,f a summer-house, 'a little banqueting house in a garden' (Cotgrave), apparently so called from its ornamental character. The dimin. is used also in English of a decorated chamber in a castle. One must take Glorie then as some term of praise describing the appearance or situation of the manor-house. In the Dictionnaire Topographique we have La Gloire (Marne and L'Aube).