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.

Gainsborough Dairy, Gainsborough Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Castleton

Historical Forms

  • Gauntesborewe 1496 Digby
  • Gaunsbury Hill 16 Digby
  • Gawnsebarowhill', Gawnsebarowhyll', Gaunteshorooue (sic, for Gauntesborowe) 1531 Digby
  • Gainsborowe Hyll 1569–74 Map

Etymology

( 1811 OS ) , Gauntesborewe 1496Digby , Gaunsbury Hill 16Digby ,Gawnsebarowhill ', Gawnsebarowhyll ', Gaunteshorooue (sic , for Gauntesborowe )1531Digby , Gainsborowe Hyll 1569–74Map , v. beorg ' barrow, hill ' , hyll , cf. Henry Gaunde 1332 SR .