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.

Gunnerside

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grinton

Historical Forms

Gunnersete 1301 LS

Gonersete R2 RichReg

Gonnerside 1655 Grinton

Etymology

'Gunnar's pasture' v . sætr. The first element is ON Gunnarr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement