Gomshall

Other current and historical names

Gomeselle

Built-Up Area: Peaslake
Parish/Community: Shere
District/Borough: Guildford
County: Surrey
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°13'10"N 0°26'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 508535, 147866
OS Grid: TQ085478
Mapcode Local: GBR GF7.FQC
Mapcode Global: VHFVQ.6LDV

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Gomshall within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Gomshall in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Gomshall. vil. (ry. sta. Gomshall and Sheire), Shere par., W. Surrey, 5 miles SW. of Dorking; P.O.

Gomshall in the Domesday Book

A village in Blackheath hundred, in the county of Surrey.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: King William; Bishop Odo of Bayeux (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £20 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 8 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 30 swine render
- Mills: 1, value 3/2½

British Place Names

Gomshall, Surrey

Gomshall is a village in Peaslake, Surrey

Gomshall in historic gazetteers

Gomshall in the Domesday Book