Goring
Major Settlement in the Parish of Goring
Historical Forms
- Garinges 1086 DB 1301 Cl
- Garynges 1316 Pat
- Garrynges 1331 Ch
- Garing(e) 1202 Cur 1327 SR
- Goryng 1280 FF
- Goringge 1302 Cl
- Gorynges 1298 FF
- Westgoryngge 1338 Ass
Etymology
'The people of Gār (a ),' a pet-name from one of the OE names in Gār -. Cf. Goring (O) and v. Ekwall, PN in -ing 58. This pers. name Gāra is found in Garford (Berks), Garanford in BCS 761, 1055. An alternative possibility is that it is a derivative of OE gara, 'gore or corner of land,' hence, 'dwellers on the gore of land.'