Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Gerdeshull' 1261 FF

• Yerdeshull, Ʒerdeshull 1303,1346 FA

• Zerdeshull 1349 Aid

• Garshill 1559 GR421

• Gersell 1578 Bledisl

• Gerse Hill 1830 M

Etymology

Gurshill, Gerdeshull '1261FF , Yerdeshull , Ʒerdeshull 1303, 1346 FA, Zerdeshull 1349 Aid, Garshill 1559GR 421, Gersell 1578Bledisl 16, Gerse Hill 1830 M. Possibly 'hill with an enclosure' (v. geard , hyll ), but initial g - in later forms is difficult to explain; it might have been influenced by Welsh  gardd 'garden' or by gærs 'grass' (as in gærs- tūn) when the first el. had been reduced to yers -.