Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• ? Tarente 1086 DB(f.75b)

• ? Tarenta Exon

• ? Terente 1086 DB(f.82b)

• Tarent(e) 1180–1 P 1233 1320 MinAcct

• Tarrent, Torrent 1382 Fine

• Tarente Gundevill 1233 Ch 1236 FF

• Tar(r)ent(e) Gundevill, Tar(r)ant(t) Gundevill 1316 FA

• Tar(r)aunt Gundevill 1504 Ipm

• Tar(r)ent(e) Gund(e)vill', Tarente Gond(e)vill' 1263 Cl

• Tarente Gound(e)vil 1316 FA

• Tarane Gunvile 1475 Pat

• -Gon- 1503 Ipm

• -Goun- 1538 Rawl

• Tarent Gundevil(l)(e), -uil(l)(e), Tarrant Gunvyl(l)(e), -uyl(l)(e), Taraunt Gunfylde 1504 Ipm

• -feld(e) 1510 ADV 1541 Glyn

• -field 1619 CH

• Tharrente Gundeuill' 1244 Ass

• Terantgonnevyle 1407 Pat

• Terra(u)nt G(o)undevyle 1492,1500 ib

• Terra(u)nt Gunvile 1591 Rawl

• Torrent Gounvyle 1542 ib

• Torrent Gounvyll 1548 Ct

• Gondevileston 1264 Ipm

• Gundevyleston 1303 FA

• Go(u)ndeuyleston' 1405 Weld1

• Goundeuill' 1395 Rawl 1494 Cecil

• Goundeville maner' 1466 IpmR

• Gounvyll 1547 Ct

• Gounvyle, Gounvyld 1548 ib

• Gunfild 1553 Cecil

• Gunfeld 1575 Saxton

• Gunfield 1618 Map

• Gunvill(e) 1563 Hutch3 1664 HTax

• Gundfield 1619 CH

Etymology

Named from R. Tarrant which rises near Stubhampton infra , v. Tarrant H. par. supra , RNs. infra ; on the probable identification of the DB forms, v. Eyton 131–2, VCHDo 369, 100. The affix Gunville is manorial; Robert de Gundeuill ' held a fee here in 1180–1 P, cf. Hugh de Gundevil (l )e 1211–2 RBE, 1212 Fees, 1233 FF, Tarrant H. par. and Farnham par. supra , v. tūn 'estate'; the 16th and 17th cent. spellings in -fyld , -feld , etc show confusion with feld 'field'.