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.

Garmsley and Garmsley Camp

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoke Bliss

Historical Forms

  • Garmesley or Wrathes 1602–1700 Kyre

Etymology

This is probably 'Garmund's leah' but the forms are too late for any certainty. Cf. the history of Gamsey (PN BedsHu 226).No explanation of Wrathes can be offered.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement