Gayton
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Usually ‘farmstead where goats are kept’, from OScand. geit + tūn: Gayton Norfolk. Gaituna (1086) (DB). Gayton Wirral. Gaitone (1086) (DB). Gayton le Marsh Lincolnshire Geiton (1206). Affix means ‘in the marsh’ from OE mersc with loss of preposition. Gayton le Wold Lincolnshire Gettone (1086) (DB). Affix means ‘on the wold(s)’ with loss of preposition, see Wolds.
However the following have a different origin, ‘farmstead of a man called *Gga’, from OE pers. name + tūn: Gayton Northamptonshire Gaiton (1162). Gayton Staffordshire Gaitone (1086) (DB).
However the following have a different origin, ‘farmstead of a man called *Gga’, from OE pers. name + tūn: Gayton Northamptonshire Gaiton (1162). Gayton Staffordshire Gaitone (1086) (DB).
| Gayles, Gayhurst, Gaydon | |
| Gayton Thorpe, Gaywood, Gazeley |
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