Gagingwell
Early-attested site in the Parish of Enstone
Historical Forms
- Gadelingwelle c.1173 Winchcombe 13th Winchcombe c.1280
- Gadelingewelle 1193 Winchcombe 13th
- Gudelingwell' 1207 Cur
- Gedelingwell 1221–32 Winchcombe
- Galdingewell 1316 FA
- Gageinwell early18th ParColl
- Gogingwell 1797 Davis
Etymology
Second element w(i)elle. Ekwall (DEPN) takes the first to be OE gædeling , 'kinsman, relative.' This word is recorded in ME, however, as a term of reproach, and later, in the 16th century, with the meaning 'wanderer, vagabond.' If it is used in one of these latter senses here, the name is similar to that of Sugarswell in Shenington (403 and PN Wa 285) and Hook Norton (354).