Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Garsons 1841 TA

Etymology

Garson's Lane (Garsons 1841TA ), cf. La Garston '1241Ass (p), La Garstone 1261 Ipm (p), La Garston 1300 ib (p), in this part of the county, and Walter atte Garston 1344LHRS , whose fellow-witness is William atte Nuptown (infra ). The surname derives from the place- name gærs-tūn, of which there is an example in the adjacent parish of Bray 51.