Gurston
Early-attested site in the Parish of Broad Chalke
Historical Forms
- Gerardeston 1237 Pat 1254 StNicholas 1312 Sarum
- Gerardestona 1242 Fees
- Estgerardestone 1289 FF
- Westgererdiston 1419 ADi
- Geradyston 1533–8 ECP
- Geredston 1547 StNicholas
- Geradston 1602 FF
- Garrardston 1637 Phillipps
- Gerardstone al. Gerston t.Eliz ChancP
- Gerardston al. Gurston 1647 Recov
Etymology
This is a post-Conquest tun-name. It represents the 3–hide estate in Chelche which Girardus held in DB. In 1166 (RBE)Gerard de Chelca held a knight's fee of the abbess of Wilton, to whose predecessor Chalke had belonged in 1086.