English Place-name Society

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.

Gandysbrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Gawsworth

Historical Forms

  • Gandy Brook 1860 White
  • Gandy Brook 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Gandy Brook 1860 White , a hamlet named from ( Snape Brook 35supra ) , Gandy Brook 1831 Bry , apparently from the surname Gandy ( cf. Thomas Gondi 1287 Court ) and brōc .