Garmondsway is a small dispersed hamlet in the parish of Kelloe in County Durham, England situated between Durham and Sedgefield.
| Garmondsway | |
|---|---|
  Garmondsway Location 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 |
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.[1]
Etymology
editThe name Garmondsway is of Old English origin. It is derived from the personal-name Garmund + weg ("a road").[2]
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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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