Gangsdown Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Nuffield
Historical Forms
- Gangvlvesdene 1086 DB 1528 Ipm
- Gangueluesden' c.1219 S c.1280
- Gangewluesdon 1281 FF
- Gangolesden 1344 FF
- Galgoluesden 1362 BC c.1444
- Gangolfvesdene 1379 Cl
- Gangolfesden 1397 Cl
- Gangolvsden 1396 Cl
- Gangoldsden 1396 Ipm
- Gangledon 1453 Ipm
- Gangdown Hill 1797 Davis
Etymology
Originally 'Gangwulf 's valley,' v. denu . dūn has been substituted for the second element. Gangwulf is only recorded as a Continental name.