Human settlement in England
| Garmondsway | |
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  GarmondswayLocation within County Durham | |
| OS grid reference | NZ342347 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DARLINGTON |
| Postcode district | DL17 |
| Police | Durham |
| Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
| Ambulance | North East |
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Garmondsway is a small dispersed hamlet in the parish of Kelloe in County Durham, England situated between Durham and Sedgefield.
It is notable as including substantial remains of an abandoned village including an extant ridge and furrow field system and became a scheduled monument in 1957.
It was formerly part of the extra-parochial chapelry of Garmondsway Moor due to its ownership by Sherburn Hospital. Garmondsway Moor was also a civil parish between 1866 and 1937.
King Canute (1017–1035) reportedly walked five miles barefoot from Garmondsway to Durham Cathedral on pilgrimage, and gave the church a large estate around Staindrop and Gainford.
Etymology
The name Garmondsway is of Old English origin. It is derived from the personal-name Garmund + weg ("a road").
References
- Symeon of Durham, Libellus de Exordio atque Procursu istius hoc est Dunhelmensis Ecclesie, ed. and trans. David Rollason (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2000), pp.166-9.
- "Key to English Place-names - Garmondsway, Durham". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
External links
- Entry from GenUKi on Garmondsway Moor
- Extract from English Heritage's Record of Scheduled Monuments (pdf)
- Vision of Britain information on Garmondsway Moor
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