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Gunthwaite

Major Settlement in the Parish of Penistone

Historical Forms

  • Gunultwayt 12 Dugdv
  • Gunhullewayth 1379 PT
  • Gunnild(e)thwayt, Gunnyld(e)thwayt, Gunnild(e)thweyt 13 Linds 1257 Abbr 1320,1342 YDiii 1348 ADi 1381 Ch
  • Gonnildthwayt 1334 BM
  • Gunyldthwayt(e) 1284 WCR
  • Gunildethwayt(e) l.13 Nost124
  • Gunnilthuayt, Gunnyllthuayt, Gunnilthwayt(e) 13 Nost106d 1318 YDiii 1433 Hall 1435 DodsN
  • Gomuldthwayth, Gomuldthweyth 1549,1550 Hall
  • Gumuldthwaite 1559 FF
  • Gumblethwayt, Gomblethwayt, Gumblethwaite 1578,1595 FF 1591 WillY
  • Gunnethwat 1354 YDii
  • Gunthwayt(e) 1402 FA 1449 Hall
  • Gunthwet 1614 Wharn

Etymology

'Gunhild's clearing', from the ON  fem. pers.n. Gunnhildr , ODan  Gunild , and þveit.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name