Origins of the name

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Place Names

Gomeldon:
Gumelesdon 1230 Feet of Fines
Gomeledon 1275 Rotali Hundredorum
1311 Inquisitiones Post Mortem Gumela’s Hill

Morden's map ca. 1600

County map of Wiltshire by Robert Morden (about 1600??). Village of GUMLETON is shown adjacent to Porton, near Salisbury.

Letter to Peter Swann from Keith Norris (Bourne Valley Hist. Rec. & Cons. society)

The names of Idmiston and Gomeldon are thought to have derived from the names of two leaders of the Saxon colonists. Idmiston being Idmaer's tun or farm and Gomeldon being the dun or hill of the Gumela, the people of Guma.

Database ID: 21000


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