Gorhambury
Early-attested site in the Parish of St Michaels
Historical Forms
- manerium de Goram 1349–96 Gesta
- Gorehames 1372 IpmR
- Gorham al. Gorhambury 1540 LP
- Gorehambury 1573 FF
- Gorrumbury 1652 FF
Etymology
Gorhambury is manerium de Goram 1349–96 Gesta, Gorehames 1372 IpmR, Gorham al. Gorhambury 1540 LP, Gorehambury 1573 FF, Gorrumbury 1652FF . This was the manor granted by Abbot Geoffrey de Gorham to his kinsman Hugh, son of Humbald in the 12th century (Gesta i, 95), Hugh then taking the name 'de Gorham .' For a history of the family, which is reputed to be of Norman extraction and which held the manor till t. Edward 2, v. Coll v, 182, 198. We may, with Fuller (Worthies ii, 26), doubt their French origin for, as he observes, “Ham in Gorham , is notoriously known for no French , but a Saxon ordinary termination of a Town. ”