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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thorngumbald

Major Settlement in the Parish of Paull

Historical Forms

  • Torn(e) 1086 DB 1160–2 YCh 1228 Ebor 1260 Rental
  • Thorn(e) 1175–95 YCh 1228 RegAlb 1392 Works
  • Thorn(e) juxta Hedon 1285 KI
  • Thorn(e) juxta Paghel 1328 FF
  • Little Thorn(e) 1351 Ipm
  • Thorn(e)gumbaud 1305 YI 1341 Extent
  • Thorn(e)gobaud 1328,1370 FF
  • Thorn(e)gumbald, Thorn(e)gombald 1374 YD 1490 FF
  • Thoren, Thoren Gumbaud 1297 LS 1303 KF
  • Thoryngumbald 1333 SR
  • Thorngumbald als. Gumberthorne 1579 FF
  • Gumberthorn 1620 ib
  • de Gumbaud 1285 KI

Etymology

v. þorn . Distinguished from other places called Thorn(e) by the manorial addition Gumbald (from the family of Thomas de Gumbaud 1285 KI).