English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Gunnerby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hatcliffe

Historical Forms

  • Gunresbi 1086 DB c.1115 LS
  • Gunreby a1182 Alv 13 Cl 1252 QW 1281 Cl 1299
  • Gunrebi 1196 ChancR
  • Gunerb' 1238–41 Fees
  • Gunerby 1553,1554,1561 Pat
  • Gunnerby 1242–43 Fees 1311 Ipm 1311 Pat 1312 Fine 1327,1332 SR 1334 Cl 1349 Fine 1353 Ipm 1361 Cl
  • Gonnerby 1290 Abbr 1312,1548 Pat
  • Gonerby 1364 Cl 1431 FA 1698 MiscDon
  • Goneyerby 1529 Willsii
  • Gunaby 1828 Bry

Etymology

'Gunnar's farm, village', v. the first el. being the ODan  pers.n. Gunnar , recorded a number of times in DB, but not in L.