Survey of English Place-Names

Etymology

Gunnets Green (6″). This is probably a manorial name deriving from Robert Gernon who held the manor of Matching Hall in 1086. Loss of n through dissimilation would give a form Garnes for Garnons as in Garnish Hall infra 84. An intrusive dental is found under the same conditions in Gurnard's, Garnetts, Stubbards, and in the form Barnards Rooding infra 147, 423–4, 483–4, 492. For loss of r with retention of the short vowel, cf. Basildon and Tenpenny Heath infra 140, 354, the form Busted for Little Bursted, and the local pronunciation [bænsn] for Barnston. For interchange of [a] or [æ] and [ʌ], which is common in Essex and London, cf. Gusted Hall, Gunters and Bannister Green infra 197, 547, 421.