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.

Gunnaltholme

Field in the Parish of Egremont

Historical Forms

  • Gunnaltholme 1633 CW
  • id . 1578 Cocker

Etymology

Gunnaltholme(id. 1578 Cocker. Gunnalt seems to represent a personal name suchas Gunnhildr(fem.) or more probably Gunnvaldr(masc.))