Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Garriston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hauxwell

Historical Forms

Gerdeston(e) 1086 DB

Gertheston 1184 RichReg 1301 LS 1328 Ch 1406 YI

Gareston, Garristonne 1521,1582 FF

Etymology

'Gerth's farm' from ON Gerðr and tun.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement