Garsdon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Garsdon
Historical Forms
- Gersdune 701 BCS103 14th
- Gersdunam 1066–87 RegMalm 13th
- Gersdon 1279,1281 Ass
- Garsduna 1066–87 RegMalm 13th
- Garsdon 1082 Pat 1385 RegMalm 1248 For 1257
- Garsdune 1156 RegMalm
- Gardone 1086 DB
- Garesdon(e) 1228,1270 For 1551 Pat
- Garrysdon(e) 1512 Ct
- Garsedon 1228 Cl
- Garsedone 1268 Ass
- Garsindun c.1250 Rental
- Gresdon 1279,1289 Ass
- Geresdon 1281 1288 RegMalm
- Geersden 1675 Ogilby
- Garston t.Eliz WMxxi
Etymology
'Grass hill,' v. gærs , dun . We probably have the same first element in the old name for Woodbridge Brook (supra 11) which flows just south of Garsdon.