Gastard
Early-attested site in the Parish of Corsham
Historical Forms
- Gatesterta, Gatesterte 1154 RBE 1167,1168,1179 P 1279 Ass
- Gatesterd' 1172 P
- Gastard 1428 Trop 1773 AandD
- Gadsteed 1601 PCC
Etymology
Gastard is Gatesterta , Gatesterte 1154 RBE, 1167, 1168, 1179 Pet freq to 1279Ass , Gatesterd '1172 P, Gastard 1428 Trop, 1773 A and D, Gadsteed 1601 PCC. 'Goats' tail of land,' i.e. where they feed, v. gat , steort .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Avill's Fm
- Bean Close
- Beckhill Cottages
- Chapel Knapp
- The Cleeve
- Copenacre
- Coppershell
- Corsham Side
- Easton
- Elley Green
- Folly Fm
- Greenhill
- Guyer's Cottages
- Holywell Fm
- Hudswell
- Knowl Fm
- The Linleys
- Meadlands
- Moor Barton
- Green
- Mynte Lodge
- Overmoor
- Park Fm
- Patterdown
- Pond Close Fm
- Pound Mead
- Pound Pill
- Prestley Wood
- Purleigh Barn
- Ridge
- Sandpits Fm
- Silver Street
- Smith's Mead
- Vauxhall Fm
- Velley