Gilmorton

Gilmorton

Gilmorton is a village in South Leicestershire, England with a population of over 900. The town is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and dates back to at least 1086, where it was listed in the Domesday bookcite web
url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7579829&queryType=1&resultcount=2
title=Gilmorton, Leicestershire|accessdate=2008-03-07|work=The Domesday book|publisher=The National Archives
] with a population of about 140. The name may come from Anglo-saxon origins: "gilden" (or gylden) meaning "golden"cite web
url=http://web.ff.cuni.cz/cgi-bin/uaa_slovnik/gmc_search_v3?cmd=formquery2&query=gilden&startrow=1
title=An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary|accessdate=2008-03-07|quote=gilden/gylden|author=Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller
] , and "morton", "a town on the moor"cite web
url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/morton|title=Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)|accessdate=2008-03-07|publisher=Dictionary.com |quote=morton
] .

External links

* http://www.lutterworth-online.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?ID=550 Lutterworth Online
* http://www.aboutbritain.com/towns/gilmorton.asp Gilmorton Tourist Information

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