Ganthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Terrington
Historical Forms
- Gameltorp 1086 DB
- Galmestorp 1169 P
- Galmethorp 1202 FF 1290 YI 1301 LS 1344 FF
- Galmetorp 1244 Ass
- Gametorp' 1200 Cur
- Gaumisthorp 1202 FF
- Yalmethrope 1316 KF
- Ganthorp(e) 1577 Saxton 1665 Visit
Etymology
'Galm's village' v. þorp . The ON personal name Gálmr (LindN) is found also in Ganton (YER), Galmeton 1086 DB, 1207 FF. In both names the phonetic change is that -alm - became -awm - and m became n through the influence of the following t . The DB form is due to confusion with the common Anglo-Scand Gamel .