Garmondsway

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Garmondsway
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Garmondsway
Location within County Durham
OS grid reference NZ342347
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DARLINGTON
Postcode district DL17
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UK
England
County Durham
54°42′22″N1°28′08″W / 54.706°N 1.469°W / 54.706; -1.469

Garmondsway is a small dispersed hamlet in the parish of Kelloe in County Durham, England situated between Durham and Sedgefield.

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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

The name Garmondsway is of Old English origin. It is derived from the personal-name Garmund + weg ("a road"). [2]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Key to English Place-names - Garmondsway, Durham". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 18 December 2024.



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