Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Gatemerston 1280,1288 Ass 1303,1346,1428 FA 1774 Hutch1

• Gatemar(e)ston 1236 FF 1286 Ipm 1313 FF

• Gatemar(e)stun 1253 Ipm

• Gat(e)mor(e)ston(e) lHy3 CottCh 1449 Weld1

• Gatemers(s)hton 1343–5 Ipm

• Yatemerston 1361 IpmR

• camp' de Gat(e)meston 1393 Weld1 1795 Boswell

• Gat(e)myston 1402 Weld1 1431 FA

• Gatmerston 1502 Ipm

• Gadmeston 1531 Weld1

• E Gadmanstone, W Gadmanstone 1841 TA

Etymology

Gatemerston (SY 844813), Gatemerston 1280, 1288Ass , 1303, 1346, 1428 FA, 1774 Hutch1, Gatemar (e )ston 1236 FF, 1286 Ipm, 1313 FF, Gatemar (e )stun 1253 Ipm, Gat (e )mor (e )ston (e )lHy 3CottCh , 1449Weld 1 (p), Gatemers (s )hton 1343–5 Ipm, Yatemerston 1361 IpmR, camp ' de Gat (e )meston 1393Weld 1et freq to 1795 Boswell, Gat (e )myston 1402Weld 1, 1431 FA, Gatmerston 1502 Ipm, Gadmeston 1531Weld 1, E Gadmanstone , W Gadmanstone 1841TA . The first part of the name may be a p.n. (from gāt (gen.pl. gāta ) 'goat' and (ge)mǣre 'boundary', mere 1 'pool', or mōr 'moor'), or a surname from such a p.n., cf. the entry in lHy 3CottCh (xxv. 34): Ego Ricardus de Gatemore dedi …Domino Rogero filio Pagani militi …omnia que habui … in villa de Gatemorestone , v. tūn . The name is now only used of two fields; the earlier hamlet may have been destroyed by fire (Hutch3 1377).