Garnons
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wormingford
Historical Forms
- (La) Gernunera, Gernunere 1231 Cl 13th Misc
- La Gerunere t.Hy3 Ipm
- La Gerunera alias La Corunere 1273 Ipm
- La Geronere 1346,1384 FF
- Garrener 1497 Ipm
- Garnon 1594 N
- Garner alias Gareners alias Garnon 1623 AddCh
- Gerners 1768 M
Etymology
Garnons is (La ) Gernunera , Gernunere 1231 Cl, 13th Misc, La Gerunere t. Hy 3 Ipm, La Gerunera alias La Corunere 1273 Ipm, La Geronere 1346, 1384FF , Garrener 1497 Ipm, Garnon 1594 N, Garner alias Gareners alias Garnon 1623AddCh , Gerners 1768 M. 'The manor of the Gernons ,' in whose family it was for 300 years (DB to 1383). The suffix in the early forms is the Norman -(i )ere which occurred also in Miserden (Gl), earlier Musardere , similarly named from its Domesday lord, Hascoit Musard . v. IPN 94. Gerunere , etc., may be due in part to the influence of the name of Gerun , whose son, William, held a knight's fee of William de Montfitchet, overlord of Wormingford in 1166 (EAS xii, 93). But they are more probably due to French loss of n in the combination n-n -r . French influence is also seen in the initial C for G . v. IPN 106–8, 114.