Gumley
Major Settlement in the Parish of Gumley
Historical Forms
- Godmundeslaech 749 BCS178 12 S
- Godmundesleah 779 BCS230 8 S
- Godmvndelai 1086 DB
- Godmundele 1254 Val
- Gothemundele 1307(p),1308 Wyg 1349 Ipm 1350 Cl
- Gouthmundele 1313 Deed 1349 Ipm
- Gothemondele 1360 Pat
- Gommundele Wm2,13 Dugd
- Gomundeleg' 1242 Fees
- Gomundele(y) c.1253 Dugd 1282 Ipm c.1291 Tax
- Gomondele 1266 Hastings
- Gvtmvndeslea 1086 DB
- Gutmundelay p.1150 Dugd
- Guttemundele 1208 ChR
- Gutmundele(ye) 1229 RHug 1305 Ipm
- Guthmundeley 1109 Nichols c.1200,a.1250 Dugd
- Guthmundelay e.12,12 ib
- Guthmundelai c.1147 BM
- Guthmundele 1230 Cur 1276 RH 1364 Pat
- Guthmondele(y) 1332 SR 1341 Pat 1429 ShR
- Guthmoundele 1349 Wyg
- Guthemundele(gh) 1230 Cur 1268 FineR 1355 MiD
- Guthmundesleye 1347 Pat
- Gudmundel' 1200,1226,1230 Cur
- Gumundel' 1199 MemR 1237 RGros 1249 RGrav
- Gumundeley 1233 RHug
- Gurmundeley(e) c.1250 Berkeley 1253×58 RHug 1319 Hastings
- Gurmundeslay 1321 BrCart 14
- Gurmondele(y) 1324 Ass 1327 SR 1338 BrCart 14
- Gurmondlay, Gurmondle 1338 14 ib
- Gormundeley 1312 Peake 1317 Inqaqd 1371 Banco
- Gormondelegh 1317 Ipm
- Gormondeleye 1375 Banco
- Gourmondle 1375 Wyg
- Gromundesley 1356 RegAnt 1426 BM
- Gromundley 1402 Cl
- Grom(m)ondeley 1411,1421 ib
- Gomondeley 1416 Wyg 1428 FA 1510 Visit
- Gomondley 1428 FA
- Gomeley 1517 DI
- Gomley 1549 AAS 1609 LML
- Gummeley 1518 Visit
- Gumley 1535 VE 1576 Saxton 1576 LibCl
- Gumbley 1606,1617,1630 LML
Etymology
'Gōdmund's wood or woodland clearing', v. lēah . The OE masc. pers.n. Gōdmund which constitutes the first el. of Gumley appears from the later 11th cent. to have been influenced by the ON masc. pers.n. Guðmundr (ODan Guthmund ). The late OE masc. pers.n. Gūðmund , with shortening in the first syllable, may also have played a part here.
William of Malmesbury in his Gesta Regum Anglorum (chapter 121) relates that King Alfred's opponent, the Danish king Guthrum, was called in English Gurmundus . The resemblance of Gurmund to Gudmund (< Guðmund Gūðmund ) could have given rise to the 13th- and 14th-cent. spellings in Gurm -. Note that Feilitzen (s. n. Gūðmund ) treats the OE pers.n. Gōdmund as having a short vowel in the first syllable.