Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Gome(r)shale 1086 DB

• Gumereshal(e) 1246 Ass14 Hy3 BM 1276 RH

• Gumersal(e) Ed1 BM 1286 Nost137

• Parva Gumersal(e) Hy3 BM

• Gummersale 1280 Ass7d

• Gomerhissale 1254 BM

• Gomersall(e) 1285 KI 1303 KF 1316 Vill 1604 FF

• Litill Gomersall(e) 1525 YDvii

• Gomersale 1286 Nost11 1286 1303 Aid 1428 FA

• Gomershal 1314 Pat

• Gommershall 1465 YDvii

• Gummersal 1764 LdsM

Etymology

'Gumer's nook of land', v. halh . The first el. is an assimilated form of an OE  pers.n. Gūðmǣr ; this is not recorded, but the two themes are evidenced in names like Gūðmund and Godmǣr ; the name is in fact attested by the form Guthmarus films Lithwini c. 1170 (CMR iii, 262 Nf).