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Gaythorn Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Asby

Historical Forms

  • Garethorn(e) a.1239 Ch 1294 Kendi,66 1534 NWm 1610
  • Garthorn(e) 1281 Ch 1604,1609 PR(CR)
  • Garthorn(e) graunge 1550 Views
  • Garthorn(e) Hall 1766 WillQ 1777 NB
  • Gathorn(e) 1625 PR(K) 1678 PR(CR) 1714 RatesE
  • Gathorn(e) Hall 1777 M 1859 OS
  • Gawthorne 1652 DdSale 1671 Fleming
  • Gaythom 1717,1762 PR 1800 PR(CR)
  • Gaythom Hall 1795 ib

Etymology

'Thorn-tree in the gore of land', v. gāra , þorn . On the later forms cf. Phonol. §§5, 9. Part of the estate was in Crosby Ravensworth and called Gaythorn Plain (ii, 159infra ). For Gaw - cf. Clawthorpe (i, 58).