Gomeldon

Gomeldon is a small village in the valley of the River Bourne in Wiltshire,[1] England, in the civil parish of Idmiston. It lies about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Salisbury, between Winterbourne Gunner and Porton, and as of 2012 its population was estimated at about 200.

East Gomeldon, Ladysmith and telephone box

There is a primary school[2] and, although there is no station, the main railway line to London passes through the village.[3]

Gomeldon was a village in medieval times.[4][5] Ten buildings on the ancient village site south-west of the school, between the modern village and the river, were excavated in the 1960s, and a report published by Salisbury Museum.[6][7] The site of the deserted village is designated as a scheduled monument.[8]

In 1821 the population was 20, and in 1831 there were 48 inhabitants. In 1868 it was a small hamlet in the parish of Idmiston.[9]

References
  1. "Villages celebrate in style". BBC - Wiltshire. 17 May 2002. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  2. "Gomeldon Primary School, Idmiston". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. "Idmiston". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  4. John Hare (2011). A Prospering Society: Wiltshire in the Later Middle Ages. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-1-902806-85-3.
  5. Christopher Dyer (2001). Everyday Life in Medieval England. A&C Black. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-0-8264-1982-8.
  6. John Musty; David J. Algar (1966). The Excavations at the Deserted Medieval Village Site of Gomeldon, Near Salisbury, Wiltshire. Salisbury Museum.
  7. "Excavation and fieldwork in Wiltshire, 1966". Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. 62: 129–130. 1967 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  8. Historic England. "Gomeldon deserted village (1003041)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  9. GENUKI: Idmiston

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