English Explanatory Dictionary

Gardham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet in Cherry Burton parish and Etton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9542).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Gardham Gardhams

Etymology

Recorded as Gerdene in the Domesday Book, tha placename derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse gerði (“fenced field”).

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