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.

Gomeldon Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Idmiston

Historical Forms

  • (super) Gomelhamdoun 1321 Ass

Etymology

is (super ) Gomelhamdoun 1321Ass . This suggests that Gumela gave his name to a ham as well as to a dun . Cf. Gomeldon supra 380 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement