English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Gurnox

Early-attested site in the Parish of Doddenham

Historical Forms

  • Curnockes 1649 Surv

Etymology

This clearly takes its name from the pers. name Curnock which is found in Cropthorne in 1649 and survives elsewhere to this day.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement