Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Teyden Gernuns 1287 Ass

• Garnondestoun 1474 EAS(NS)v

• town of Garnans 1510 LP

• ecclesiam de Garnon t.Hy8 AOMB

• Theydon Garnishe 1557 Loughton

• parish of Garnyshe 1562 StaplefordPR

• Thayden Garnyshe alias Thaydon Garnons 1604 EAvii

• Thwaiden Garnich 1642 EssPRiv

• Thoydon Garnish 1648 Winstone

• Thoydon Garnor, Thoydon Garnon 1704 MoretonPR

• Gernun (1201 FF)

Etymology

For further forms and the etymology of Theydon, v. supra 82.Garnon from the family of Ralph Gernun (1201 FF). This surname occurs in the EssDB as Greno from NFr  grenon , 'moustaches.' Both guernon and grenon still survive in Norman patois (Moisy). For the development to Garnish , cf. Garnish Hall and Gernon Bushes infra , and v. EAS xvii, 172–8, and Introd. xxxvii.