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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gestingthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Gestingthorpe

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Gyrstlingaþorpe c.975 ASWills
  • Gristlyngthorp 1045 14th ib
  • Ghestingetorp, Glestingethorp 1086 DB
  • Gestiuingthorp 1216 ClR
  • Gesting(e)thorp(e) 1218–62 FF
  • Gesting(e)thorp(e) Beauchamp 1285 Pat 1289–98 Pat 1303 FA 1323 Misc 1325 Londin
  • Gesting(e)torp 1231–9 FF
  • Gesting(e)throp 1248 Ass
  • Gesting(e)thorn 1291 Tax
  • Gestyngthorp(e) 1272 FF 1324 Londin
  • Gestyngthorp(e) alias Gestingforthe alias Gesthorpe 1601 EAv
  • Gestlin(ges)torpe, Gestlyn(ges)torpe 1232 Bracton
  • Gestling(e)thorp 1231–9 FF 1254 Ass 1678 Ogilby
  • Gestling(e)throp 1248 Ass
  • Geystlingetorp ib.
  • Geslyngthorpe 13th StJohn
  • Geslyngthorpe or Gestningthorpe 1594 N
  • Sestingthorpe 1551 Pat
  • Gestning(ge)thorp(e), Gestnyng(ge)thorp(e) 1238 SR 1339 Ipm
  • Gestnigthorp 1241 FF
  • Gesting' 1248 Ass
  • Gestynt(h)orp(e) t.Hy3 BM 1272 FF
  • Gystingethorp 1285 Ass
  • Gystyngthorpe 1529 FF
  • Gast(e)lingthorp (de Beauchamp) 1290 Ch 1602 Stent 1607 Kip
  • Gesthorp(e) 1458,1559 Oath 1548 Pat
  • Gestorp 1464 Cunnington
  • Gyestesthorp 1517 Rental
  • Geysthrope 1568 FF

Etymology

'The village of the Grystelingas , the followers of Grystel or Gyrstel .' For the possibility of such a pers. name Guestling (PN Sx 508–9).