Gunstone
Early-attested site in the Parish of Crediton and Crediton Hamlets
Historical Forms
- Gunnareston 1240 FF
- Gunnardeston 1242 Fees761
- Gunnoreston 1244 FF
- Gunnoreston juxta Criditon 1288 Ass
- Gonnereston juxta Criditon 1296 Ass
- Gunston 1499 Ipm
Etymology
'Gunner 's tun,' or possibly 'Gunwerd 's tun.' These are Anglo-Scandinavian pers. names but the place-name probably does not go back further than the 11th or 12th cent.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Creedy Bridge
- Curtlake Cottage
- Dunscombe
- Harford
- Hollacombe
- Jew's Hollacombe
- Keymelford
- Neopardy
- Posbury
- Spence Combe
- Trobridge Ho
- Uton
- Venny Tedburn
- Winstout